AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please excuse me while I have a meltdown, followed by nightmares, and possibly a VERY stiff drink.

Here's the story: tonight since there was absolutely nothing on TV until Project Runway came on at 10 I decided to dig out the Halloween decorations. So I first got the ones out of the storage area under the stairs and then went into the garage to get the rest. As soon as I opened the door from the house I heard rustling where we keep the pellets for our fireplace. I immediately slammed the door and told Mike there was something out there - in.the.garage!! Mike went out there and began to look around - he pulled the tarp off of the pellets and there was an opossum sitting on top of them - EEWWW!!!!

Have you ever seen one of these things?? They are like a giant rat, so, so, SO GROSS!

So while I was standing in the door freaking out and Mike was trying to keep me sane and keep his eye on the damn thing it decided to move. It somehow managed to get wedged under the wooden pellet holding the fireplace pellets. Great, now what to do? There was no way to get it out so Mike suggested I call animal control. One problem though, they are only open 9-5 - just our luck! I then did the next best thing and called our neighbor John, another problem though- he went to New York for a couple of days. Now what?

Mike to the rescue. He moved the pellets off of the pellet and scooched the wooden pellet enough so that the little rodent could get out. It went out into the yard and hopefully will not be returning anytime soon.

Next time we move we're going somewhere more populated!! Since we've moved here we've had encounters with a raccoon, 2 opossums, squirrels, and a mouse.

And if you weren't grossed out enough I've

provided a picture.