Small Game Hunt

So when Obama's speech was over last night, I was very tired and all I wanted was a quick bathroom visit and then sleeeeep. I turned on the bathroom light and closed the door and saw something scurry away.

Shit.

My bathroom is very small. Not counting the tub, it's a five by five foot square. So I watched while the little bitty mouse ran laps around the border of the room. (The Hubs says its was probably a vole, which I guess it was, but I'm still going with mouse.)

I was trapped. If I opened the door, he would have scurried right out into the house. I had to find something in the bathroom that I could use to trap him and take him outside. This took something like twenty minutes. (It was only after about five that I said to myself, "Hey, it's a mouse. You can pee in front of a mouse," and got that taken care of.)

Ultimately, I found a plastic box of wipes -- thank god for preparation-H -- and set it where I thought the little creature would investigate, and he did; I snapped it shut and set him free on the front porch.

And then, of course, I was WIDE AWAKE.

Onto more important things, I enjoyed Obama's speech very much, as one might expect, and I feel very confident about my choice in the upcoming election. (Confident in my choice, not necessarily confident of their success, although I do anticipate it.) I think Biden is a wonderfully strong vice-presidential candidate. I still don't understand people who formerly supported Clinton now choosing McCain over Obama. I just don't get it.

I think McCain's VP choice is odd, not because there's anything wrong with Palin, as such, I just don't think she's a strong candidate. As others have been saying on TV all day, the issue of Obama's lack of experience is now off the table, because Palin has so much less, and McCain is asking us to put her a heartbeat away from the presidency. I think a much better choice for him would have been Olympia Snowe, the senator from Maine, who's a moderate Republican and has a lot of experience and would have been a real draw for the former Clinton supporters. But that's just me. Ah well, at least I can stop watching MSNBC for a few days.

Sinus infections, I want to tell you, suck big time. I don't even have much pain this time, although I do have a kind of constant normal headache, but my real marker of a sinus infection is a distorted sense of smell (and sometimes taste.) It's like my nose is hanging over an open trash barrel all day, ergo, disgusting. Not an appetite stimulant, I can tell you that. I did manage some soft-boiled eggs before, though.

Okay, TMI.


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