I had lecture this morning, which luckily finished early, so I went to the post office and found my Doctor Who DVDs! They reportedly had tried to deliver them and had left a notice (which was so a lie), but they’re in good shape and mine again! I’m so overjoyed!

I then came home, determined to take care of my squirrel problem. I got my shovel out of my garage, went around … and could not get closer than 10 feet to it. I could not do it. I beat myself up, tried again, and still failed. So when I got back home this afternoon, I about wept with joy when I saw that my neighbor was home. I went and begged him to get rid of the squirrel. Which he affably did, with only a few minor twits about me not being able to do so myself. (“You’re a doctor! You see dead people every day!”) He even put it in a bag and then deposited it in the neighbors’ trash can, so I won’t have to worry about it every time I take out my trash. I’m so relieved.

I then was able to mow my backyard and retake it from the wild. As I did so, I noticed that the ground that I had just mowed was wiggling. Some rodent had its babies there and they were hatching (yes, yes, I know that mammals don’t hatch). *SHUDDER* I almost, almost was sick right there. They were injured by the lawn mower and promptly died, and I was able to finish mowing my lawn and luckily, nothing else popped up, but the amount of “ewww!” that I’ve had to deal with the past couple of days is killing me.

I made an appointment for Saturday for Orkin to come and protect me. I was rethinking my decision earlier today, but after this afternoon, not a chance. It’s not super expensive, but they want a commitment for a year of bimonthly visits and that makes the price add up pretty quickly, and I’m not sure that’s really warranted, as I don’t have an infestation yet. I think. But on the other hand, I really don’t want to worry about encountering mice in the middle of the night. I’ll call around tomorrow and see what others offer.

And there’s another big moth in my living room again. How are they getting in???

And wow, I finished mowing (didn’t get the front yard yet, but it doesn’t get as much direct sun, so the lawn isn’t as overgrown) just in time, as it is now downpouring.

I’ve got a drug-rep sponsored dinner tonight. I should skip it and go work out, as my weekend of sloth caught up with me and has undone all of the progress that I made. But I’m not. I need comfort food now.