Meticulous
No cases scheduled tomorrow, so we get a Holiday. What holiday? The 20th of August, of course. Maybe to celebrate "War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides"." Ok, probably not. But a day off is a day off. And I always have stuff to do.
Exterminators coming to deal with the mouse issue Monday. Saw another one, Moby heard it first. We flushed it out from behind/beneath the stove, with the vacuum, which startled Moby away, and he missed wee mousie. He's been stalking the area where the mouse came from and ran to, judging by his ear movements, he can hear it. I'm sure he could catch it, I'm wary of what else he might catch. And if I would have to perform the coup de grace. Had to do that once with a mouse a roommate's cat had mangled, not a task I would want to repeat.
Rather fun watching him hunting, so intense and engaged.
Meticulous kitchen cleaning today. Scrubbed and shined. More to do, always more to do. Got down two branches overhanging the roof, which was more complicated than I figured, it always is, but everyone is alive, no need to call emergency services - so that's a win.
Exterminators coming to deal with the mouse issue Monday. Saw another one, Moby heard it first. We flushed it out from behind/beneath the stove, with the vacuum, which startled Moby away, and he missed wee mousie. He's been stalking the area where the mouse came from and ran to, judging by his ear movements, he can hear it. I'm sure he could catch it, I'm wary of what else he might catch. And if I would have to perform the coup de grace. Had to do that once with a mouse a roommate's cat had mangled, not a task I would want to repeat.
Rather fun watching him hunting, so intense and engaged.
Meticulous kitchen cleaning today. Scrubbed and shined. More to do, always more to do. Got down two branches overhanging the roof, which was more complicated than I figured, it always is, but everyone is alive, no need to call emergency services - so that's a win.
Posted by Zhoen on Sunday, August 19, 2012
4 comments:
I bet wee mousie is listening just as intently to Moby's movements, too! I agree with that about watching cats hunt, how they almost tune out the rest of the world...but not quite.
Good luck with the mice!
Ach, I'd love to see the Constitution on the water...
Dale,
I got to see her towed out, and that was impressive. She's quite beautiful, even just at dock.
Crow,
Any creature so engaged is fascinating.
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