Today after lunch with a friend I went to get into my van just like usual. I put the key in the door, turned it and pulled on the handle. While I was opening the door to my surprise I saw this little, brown mouse looking thing scamper across my dash. After about 2 seconds of " HOLY CRAP!" I started to scream hysterically.
Yes. That's right. There was a MOUSE IN MY VAN!
So after I regained my composure, I got out my cell phone to call my husband. There was no way that I was getting back into that van. Hello, in case you just skimmed the first paragraph, there was mouse in my van. And who am I kidding I was hyperventilating on the phone trying to tell Nathan what was going on. Regained my composure! HA! ...riiiiight. He just kept telling me to calm down and to "breathe woman!".
Truth is I am actually terrified of mice. They are disgusting and I can't handle them. So the thought of having one for a permanent driving companion just wasn't working out for me! I eventually convinced Nathan to drive to where I was and get this stupid thing out of the van.
He told me to open the side door and keep the other ones closed, and to just stand there and watch the door for the mouse until he got there. So I hung up the phone and shut my door. I went over to the passenger door and mustered up all my courage and opened the door. What did I see? The flippin' mouse! It ran across the passenger seat and into the back. Meanwhile, I am screaming bloody murder. (I guess that I failed to mention to you earlier that I was in the Moxie's parking lot on 8th street!) This young guy walked by and just asked if I was alright. I fixed my hair and said "yah, for sure". LIES!! ALL LIES!!
I felt like I waited for Nathan to get there forever. He made it and I immediately started bawling. Oh yes, it was great. So Nathan gets in the van and starts looking for the mouse. The whole time just trying to convince me to drive the van home. We had almost given up when I saw something move in the front seat. Sure enough the mouse had planted it's butt on my seat. It saw Nathan and hid in between the door and the side panel. Nathan flicked it out of the van and it ran away. Again the whole time I am shrieking like the girl that I am.
Turns out that it was a field mouse from my parents acerage. Franklin the fieldmouse is what I am going to refer to him as. I am excited that I got to bring him to the city, I just wish he would have asked first!
That's my exciting news of the day! I hope that you all enjoyed it!
8 comments:
hey hey .... great to discover your blog ... give char and i a buzz when nathan is in town and we'll hangout!!!
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oh goodness...totally hate mice. i would have done the same thing...though i probably wouldn't have been able to wait for my hubby - i would have made that young guy get the stupid thing out of my van...too funny!
Wholy Ashley how did you not cry BEFORE Nate got there...man oh man I'd be freaking out just as bad as you did! Mice are definately scary little creaturs!
Oh my word...I think I would have ran for dear life and left the vehicle there...that's how scared I am of mice. You are so brave, I couldn't have waited there like that. Yikes!!
i wonder if that mouse was in there when you picked me up on sat????hmmmm creepy...well im glad nathan came to rescue you..i would have loved to see you like that you are just too funny ashley...i love you dearly!!!
ok - i have to comment again.
today i was driving from town to the city to go to work - a heard this squeaking noise and i couldn't figure out what it was. all of a sudden all i could think about was this post you did & i totally freaked out. i was SURE there was a mouse...it was HORRIBLE!
sorry to creep you out janelle! Although I did snicker when i read your comment!
Rick is just as much of a girl as you Ashley. He was working on an engine on a truck out at the farm, I seen a mouse in the headliner, and I screamed mouse. He jumped so hard he hit his head on the hood of the truck. And he was dancing around and screaming like a little girl. It was funny. I had to rescue him. I pulled the headliner off for him, only to find two mice and a nest. It was pretty gross. He quit working on the truck after that. I even had to close the hood.
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