Day 38

OK...Today no talk about colon cleansing. I have a story for you. Last night after I had finished writing my blog, I was shutting down my computer when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I looked up and saw a rat walking down the wall a few feet away from me. My very first thought was, "How does something that big just walk down the wall without falling?" My curiosity was quickly shoved aside when I realized that the rodent was heading my way. I tried to jump up out of my seat but I was stuck. In the evening when the mosquitoes are out in force, I take a sarong and wrap it around my legs for protection from the nippers. After I had wrapped my legs, I had scooted the chair forward and had caught the edge of the sarong under the chair leg. So when I tried to stand up, I found myself pinned down. I finally freed myself from the chair and was trying to free myself from the sarong while the rat decided to panic from all my flailing around. I was able to throw aside one side of the sarong just as the rat made the leap to the floor and it landed in the folds of the sarong. I think we both screamed at that point! The rat was as desperate to be free of the sarong as I was and we were both frantically trying to find our way out. We both found freedom at the same moment. The rat ran for the far side of the living room into the safety of some large pillows that were on the floor and I ran for the bedroom, quickly slamming the door behind me. I was feeling quite safe until I realized that the wall between the two rooms does not go all the way to the ceiling and this was the very same wall that the rat had just scaled! So I quickly brushed my teeth, put on my jams and jumped into my nest. I made sure the mosquito net was tucked in all the way around and then began to pray that the rat was an old one and was currently in cardiac arrest from it's exertions. This morning I did not find a corpse so I don't think my prayer was answered. Tonight there will be a trap set!!!