I did it! I can't believe I did it, but I did.

There are only a few things in life that freak me out.  I am not afraid of spiders, I am not scared of clowns, but I hate hate hate mice.

I have three fears during deployment, the first is obvious.  My husband being injured or killed.  The second is getting sick.  Not just getting sick, but throwing up.  I have a condition that when I start throwing up, I can not stop. I always seem to get sick at night, and I have to be taken to the ER, get an IV, and get meds.  If I were to get sick with Jim gone, how would I get to the ER??? Who would I even call for help?

The final thing that freaks me out is mice.  Ugh just typing that word freaks me out!  I mean BAD.  I can't even hold hamsters because they resemble mice too much.

Unfortunately, about a week before my husband left, Katelyn said that she thought that she saw a mouse downstairs one night.  She thought that it could have been a shadow, but she was just not sure.  I kind of blew it off, and forgot about it until the night before Jim left.  I couldn't sleep, so I was downstairs doing homework, and I saw it.  I saw a mouse run across the floor!  UGH UGH UGH!  Nothing I could do about it, it was 2 am, but Oh-My-God!  I quickly ran upstairs leaving lights and the TV on.  I didn't want to wake Jim. 

That day after the sun came up, I went and got the traps that the mice go inside and it closes and you never have to look at the dead mouse.  I set them, and nothing.  Nothing in either of them.  I set them, and reset them, and reset them, nothing.  I thought maybe that mouse made it's way out of my house?  Then, a few nights ago I was down here after I got home from school and what do I see, but a mouse sticking it's head out from under my stove.  I FREAKED!  What was I going to do?  When it went away I went and grabbed a trap from my living room and put it in front of the stove.  Next thing I knew the mouse was running across the kitchen floor!  EEEEEKKKKKKKK!  I screamed and it ran away.  Holy cow!  I mean really?

Now the only time I was seeing this mouse was at night.  I was hoping one day I would catch it, but no such luck.  Then today, while I was doing homework I heard noises from behind my TV in the living room and behind the couch, crap!  At this point I decided that those mouse traps that I spent $5 for two them were not going to work, but dang it, I don't want to see a dead mouse.

I sucked things up, headed to Wal Mart, and bought snap traps.  Ugh, was I really buying these things?  I got home, and was trying to read the directions on how to set them.  I finally got it figured out, so I set three.  One by the kitchen stove, one by the TV, and one by the desk.  All places that I had heard the mouse.  I figured this way I was covering all my bases.  I was freaked out, but Jim was not home, and how the heck was I going to deal with a mouse if I didn't set the traps?  Although, I am not sure what is worse, dealing with a dead mouse, or a live one.  They are  both pretty equal in OMG factor for me.

So, I set the traps, and headed outside to to greet my big kids that were just getting home.  I was outside for about 20 min when I came back in to finish dinner, I noticed the trap that was next to the stove was upside down, and OMG it had the mouse!  I am chicken, so I had Kaden put on gloves, and grab it while I held the bag open and looked away.  UGH UGH UGH!  Seriously I am not kidding, ugh.  20 minutes and I had the mouse!  Then I headed to the living room, and OMG the trap by the desk had a mouse.  Holy crap!  2 in 20 minutes??????  By this point I am starting to freak the heck out.  I look over, and OMG, the third trap has a third mouse.  Seriously????? I mean really?????  People set traps all the time and it takes days.  Me, three in 20 minutes, that is NOT a good sign. I am freaking at this point.  Kaden was so awesome, and put all of the mice in a bag while collecting them with a glove.  I went ahead and set the 4th trap and prayed!  I fed my kids dinner, and ran to the store for 8 more traps.  I vowed to set them all but decided that was a bad idea.  I decided that if I set 9 traps (one left from the first pack) and they all had mice that I was going to have a panic attack.  Seriously, I might move out.  So, I set 5.  So far, not one single one has a mouse.  Please pray for me that I don't wake up to anymore.  I accomplished something huge by even setting the traps, please let this be an easy fix.

It's amazing thought what one can accomplish when they are forced to though.  I mean, what other options did I have? 

I did it, I set the traps, I caught the mice, life can no move on.  Well hopefully assuming that they are not all filled with mice in the morning.  Say a prayer for me, I am going to need it.