Where is the fabled Better Mousetrap?

[hummingwolf]

It's Tuesday and we haven't seen a mouse since the one killed on Saturday. I keep hearing little noises and wondering if they might be made by a mouse, but there's no way to be sure if they were made by an animal with intent or by the wind or the rain or the twigs falling from the trees. You might think I'd start to relax by now, but you'd be wrong--I know that mice rarely come singly and I want any companion mouse or mice to be found and disposed of quickly. (Someone was telling me today about the first time they had mice in their home. They set out three traps, caught two mice within half an hour, and didn't get any more mice in the house for another five years. Lucky!)

Anyway, today I collected all the traps, cleaned them, and baited them with fresh peanut butter. The few that were in places where some kind of interest had been shown in the past were put back in place; the majority were moved to other spots. I was thinking after I'd set them that sometimes being overprepared (such as having a zillion mousetraps baited and set around the house) can make you feel more anxious rather than less. As I was thinking, I heard one of the traps downstairs go off. I checked, and yes, one trap had sprung and flipped upside down, but there was no dead rodent involved. Grr. I'm going to assume that Speedy Gonzales set that one off unless I have some reason to believe these traps can respond to stray drafts. I did start to wonder, though, how much of an earthquake it would take to set off a sensitive mousetrap. (Can't blame any earthquakes for this one--the trap went off two or three hours after the most recent aftershock, and the aftershock was too small to be noticed.)

So yeah, I'm still spending my time thinking entirely too much about mice.

I did a little bit of cleaning today. Not much, just enough to stir up some dust. It's a three-dwarf evening: Sneezy, Sleepy, and Grumpy. I was going to see a Doc today, but when the time came I wasn't feeling up to it. Here's hoping I can make it to the rescheduled appointment when that time comes. In the meantime, I hope the migraine & related ooginess will recede enough by tomorrow for me to do some serious decluttering.

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[hummingwolf]

Thank you. We could use the luck!