Water problems, rodents: the life of Sazzy
Jun 17, 2008 | Tags: Annoyances, Daily
What a crazy ride it’s been lately! If I was on this freeway and I had to choose between sleep deprived or stressed out, I wouldn’t be able to pick! Which means a mega 80 car pileup would be my entire fault.
As if a power outage and tornado warning were not enough, a rodent has decided to move into my apartment. Hell, it could be two, four, or a freaking army of rodents. Jeff keeps calling it a “mouse” and my friend Bethalicious wants me to name “it,” but I very much prefer the word RODENT. The RODENT is incredibly quick. It’s nearly impossible to catch the rodent and throw it out the window! There are mousetraps scattered throughout the apartment, but he has yet to be captured. The RODENT is probably saying, “I’m too cool for those mouse traps, what are those freaking humans thinking?! Dumbasses.”
Late last Sunday, the local water main broke. There was no water on Monday morning, so many of the upper county residents went to work all smelly! Deodorant, anyone? Water was restored, but we are still on a boil advisory alert until at least Wednesday for safety testing. Water was sold out at the local Safeway, but luckily we got some!
Speaking of Safeway, I slipped in the store. Jeff had the cart in some other part of the store, and I was getting ground turkey. I stuffed it in a plastic bag, and started twirling the bag to look all cool. If only I were popping bubble gum, that’d be mega-coolness! As I was sashaying back to Jeff, completely oblivious to the yellow cone warning “WET FLOOR,” my foot slipped in a puddle. My right foot went flying into the air and somehow my left leg bent, which made me fall right onto my kneecap, HARD. I felt my body misalign itself and my neck jerked to the side. Even worse, my attire for the day: a skirt. Need I say more? I’ve got to stop being such a klutz before I break into a jigsaw puzzle.
Not everything has been negative! There are many good, happy, and memorable things to report that have happened recently, as well as the remaining Aruba stories. But first, I must call QueenAlpo and get my Wii extertainment in for the day. Stay tuned.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Oh, HONESTLY.
What is the matter with Jeff?! Did he not think to snap a pic of your fall? Or was he equally oblivious too? Because you know, the pain doesn’t count unless you capture it for all your readers to see.
Hope you’re not feeling it now!
June 18th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Klutz!!
June 18th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
heheh.. that’s totally something i would do. slip n fall in safeway. actually i think i did that once in heels nonetheless! it is a rodent. not a mouse by the way.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Ok, I’ll remember to drive off the road and around the 80 car pile up in the stressed out express lane
Growing up in a decent house, we had mice. My mom was one BRAVE woman. She always caught mice barehanded and just put them right back outside.
By the way, there are different species of mice which are all included within the order of rodentia.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
A mouse is definitely a rodent *shudders*
See link here.
June 19th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Why not to borrow Eric’s cat for natural predator?
The trap does not work.
At least you do not hear their rampage during the night.
June 20th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Erick’s cat is defective, she’d run away from the mouse.