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Of Mice and Emotions

So I'm laying in bed this morning and I hear some noise. It sounds like a bird chirping. I nuzzle my head in to my pillow and try and ignore it. I hear it again, this time louder. What the heck is that? A cricket? It sounds like it's right in the room with me. Well, it turns out it was a mouse caught in one of my traps. I don't like mice being in my house. I don't like dealing with them.

I tried to wait until he died and then I'd take him out to the trash but that didn't work. I ended up having to take him out to the trash can while he squirmed all over the glue trap. Not one of the more glamorous aspects of being a homeowner. Maybe I need to get a cat.

I'm feeling a little better today. I took a shower late yesterday and I felt like I could breathe again. I didn't take any medicine before bed because I think I was over-medicated in the first place. It feels like I still have Actifed running through my veins today... no wonder I was so miserable on Friday (my birthday, by the way...)

One of the side effects of all the medicine -- and I don't recall this particular reaction before -- is that I seem to be more emotional. I'm yelling at the TV for stupid reasons. I'm crying at those long distance telephone commercials where there's a long distance reunion or one of those weepy 'chick flicks'. I'll say it again: I don't like being sick.

Can I get back to normal now?

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