and to think...

My friend Andy has all the adventure. I just read his blog, where he was dismayed to discover that mice had built a nest... under the hood of his car, on the engine block. Hmmmmm... apparently, they hadn't been there last week when he checked the oil.

But he went on to say that he disposed of the nest! Hehehe.. i bet he got a few stares at the gas station. Probably a few old timers thinking, "when was the last time he checked HIS oil", too... Ah, well, the story amused me. But my first thought was, Andrewwwwww!!! Were there any baby mouseys in there? I hope not. Baby mice are so cute!!! I was helping a friend move out of her mom's house, lol, to protect her mom from sheer mortification, I shall not mentino which friend it was...

But anyway, the chick had a captains bed. Bad idea, those captains beds, as you can't properly clean under the things. Well, we discovered many things that she had lost, under that bed, like a Barbie backpack, and crayons, and some very out of style clothes... that were kinda chewed up. It was thus that we discovered a proper mouse's nest, complete with babies. Lots of babies. Who still had their eyes closed. Their mum did what every good mum would do in her situation (i hope not) -- she panicked and ran. Except, being that she was trapped in the inside of a captain's bed, she ran around and around, but did not get out.

Did I write about this already? I can't remember. Oh well. Anyway, the friend I was helping move, decided it was a good idea to kill the mother mouse, and she did a noteworthy job of it. But now, we had 6 helpless babies, that no one wanted to kill -- it seemed to cruel and heartless. I mentioned to my friend that it was a good job she killed the mother as now the babies had no way of surviving, and she said that was the idea. *sigh*

After much arguing, and some convincing, and alot of calling around, we all piled into the car and headed to a pet shop and pet supply store, where the woman put the babies in with some rats she was raising.

Apparently, some people, like me, think they are cute.

I probably shouldn't write this story, as Nick will be completely horrified and have nightmares about pet mice sitting on the counter, eating his Wheatabix, and smirking at him... (should we be unlucky enough to have mice, they can have the stuff, it tastes dreadful).

But at any rate, what a surprise that would be!!! I hope that I don't find any nests on MY engine block!!! With the kind of luck I have, some hornets will build a nest under my hood.

Hey, I'm not a pessimist... really, I'm not!