I had my day all planned out today. I got up at 5:30 like I usually do, got a good start on the morning, and it was looking good for getting all my lesson plans done for the upcoming week of classes. Then, my wife and I discovered that we have a mouse in our garage.
This is a problem. We have a rather modest house with very little storage space. So, our “pantry” is out in the garage.
We have not seen the little bugger yet, but little by little, we have found evidence of his existence. Today, however, we found irrefutable evidence of his presence. Practically every food item that was packaged in such a way that a mice could bite through had the telltale signs of his foraging. Beans, sugar, chocolate chips . . . and even coffee! It appears that our little friend has acquired a taste for coffee.
So, we had to bring what was left untouched of the foodstuffs with plastic packaging inside the house and bring the canned food out into the garage. This took quite a while, with the result that most scheduled work for the day had to be postponed.
Food with permeable packaging is removed. Mousetraps are baited and set. War has been declared. I’ll keep you posted.
Let’s hope our little friend is not one of my readers!
Half Baked 