Rat Attack

One week ago today was the worst experience I have had, IN MY LIFE.  Also since then it has been the topic of conversation with any friends or acquaintances that I run in to.  Probably because they saw the below picture online.

I was asleep by 11pm and I heard noises that woke me at 11:30 just outside my window.  The window acts as my headboard.  I kneeled up on my bed and separated the blinds halfway up to look out and see four people giggle and run away.  I thought it was strange but I went back to bed.  I few seconds later I though I should go check the front window, I really wanted to know who it was and what they were doing!  I got out of bed, looked around and couldn't find anything at all.  I got back in bed but a few minutes later I heard noises again.  This time I was going to be sneaky.  I kneeled on my bed but peeked through the blinds at the BOTTOM of the window so that maybe they wouldn't be able to see me.  What was on the other side of the blinds on the window ledge?

A white rat.

I jumped off of my bed quicker than I knew to be possible and ran into the kitchen on my way to Tehya's room.  Unfortunately I tripped over a kitchen chair and slammed my head into the glass paned cabinet and shattered it.  Pain didn't stop me, I got up and kept running all the way to her room.  All the roommates were upstairs now thinking that I had been victim of an attempted kidnapping or something.  Thank goodness that wasn't the case, but the real issue was just about as scary.  I made it into Tehya's room and stayed in there with my bleeding arm and swollen forehead for about a half an hour while Katherine and Amanda got that little pesky rodent off of my screen window.  How did they capture it?  Oh just in the cookie jar with an oven mitt.  I think they both got thrown away though. 

The boys had put the rat through a quarter sized hole in my screen and it climbed down onto the ledge.  Although the rat was gone I still wasn't going to get in my bed.  It never touched my sheets or anything but I couldn't do it.  So I slept with Rachel.  But first I went to Walgreens and bought some Clorox wipes to take care of the window sill.  I still can't bring myself to touch the blinds though. 

The End.  

And then I lived happily after but completely on guard.

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