Fun With Rodents

Well, things are going better. Much, much better than they have been. I'm working hard at taking control of my life and taking responsibility for my choices, and NOT blaming myself for others choices. So much support and love has been shown to me by all my friends and family during this whole thing, and while I know it's not over, not by a long shot, not if I want to actually heal completely this time, I want you all to know that it has been felt, and it was, and is, very very very appreciated. So many people offered help and support. There were days that I was amazed at how many people offered it (though I'm sure many where crossing every appendage they could in hopes that I wouldn't take them up on it. Not because they didn't really want to help, but because they didn't know what they would do if I did. I've been there. I totally get it). Prayers were given, and they have helped. I'm not out of the woods, and I still can't see the light (Yay! Cliches are SO COOL!), but I don't feel so alone anymore. At least, not on my good days. So, a big fat thank you to all of you. I hope to return the favor someday. I will hunt you down to do it, too.

On to other happenings (not news, since news does not happen in my family).

We have had a working, but unused fridge, for a year and a half now. The Parents bought us a brand new, energy star one for our anniversary the year we bought our house. The other one worked fine, but it was small, and we had to use bungee cords to be able to use one of the shelves on the fridge door. Ghetto appliances are fun. Anyway, there is a local refrigerator recycling program run/sponsored by the electric company that will take away fridges and freezers for free, and then PAY YOU 30 bucks for the privilege. What a deal! (It used to be 40, though. I feel shafted.) And they give you a booklet that tells you all the rebates you can get for getting energy star appliances, AND 2 free energy saving light bulbs. Too bad they don't work well on lights with dimmers. Because that's pretty much every light in our house. So sad.

ANYWAY, we had problems getting them to come to our house, no because we are ghetto white trash (have you SEEN our front yard? I hope not. It's embarrassing), but because for the longest time the only available pickup days were when I had to work all day, and couldn't be home. Then, when we finally managed to get one on a different day of the week, it was a day that we would be out of town. But they finally were able to come today. So, the fridge is gone, and we can now seriously start looking at stoves, as we plan on putting one in the little nook that the fridge sat in. Because having a separate stove top and oven, sucks. Don't do it. It's not cool. It's lame. Not trendy. Really.

But the noteworthy thing of the whole story: There was a dead mouse underneath that fridge. So dead, that it was stuck to the floor.
So dead, and so covered in that appliance dirt that appliances attract, that the first time we pulled the fridge out to clean back there, we didn't even notice it. It was just another dust bunny that needed to be vacuumed up. But it wasn't. Some of the dirt didn't come up when I vacuumed, so I was doing some scrubbing, and when I went to scrub that particular lump, IT'S HEAD CAME OFF. I still didn't notice it was a mouse until I noticed the tail.

Oh.
My.
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It was so gross. And it was so stuck, I actually had to SCRAPE the thing off.

Ick.

Ick.

Ick.

ICK!

Thankfully, The Man made me wear gloves from the beginning, because there were old mouse turds back there. We know they are old, because at least one of our cats will hunt and kill mice (she did it in one of our apartments), and we have seen no evidence of them in the house except behind old appliances. And I was bleaching the floor as well. After finding the actual mouse, it was bleached about 3 more times.

It still gives me the willies. Mice don't bother me, they really don't I think they are kind of cute. Unless they are dead. And stuck to my floor. With no head.

That will bother me.

As it should anyone.