ah, the rat man cometh and me thinks the rat man thinks, he taketh away. I do enjoy Clarence….heck of a nice guy and he is doing is best, so I’m here to recommend him and have some fun too.

Some body and I mean ‘some body’ has been living, exercising, renting, or subletting an area of our attic for a few years now.  I think they are retired, maybe just passing thru from one neighborhood to the next. Who knows…

There are no little ‘bodies’ that I know of, and most of the time they are quiet tenants, however, lately all has not been well.  They have decided to scratch…either themselves, or a friend, or some wood, or insulation, I don’t know, but they are becoming too noisy for the neighborhood (my house).

Clarence came and set traps and has checked regularly for dead ‘bodies’, to no avail. He also plugged up areas where experienced rodents might want to get in.  We thought things were going extremely well, until about 3AM this AM.

First hubby woke up, then he paced, then kitty woke up, then he paced…he also had some crunchies, and then I woke up.  By then the activity in my bedroom was as busy as was whoever was in the attic.  We listened, we whispered, we listened, and then a decision was made (no we didn’t call Clarence).        Hubby, the hunter took his binoculars and his flashlight and went out to survey the roof of our bedroom.  He flashed here and there.  He    ‘binoculed’ here and there, but nothing was seen.  I watched and listened from the ‘inside’ and his light didn’t seem to bother our guest or guests.  They kept scratching, and banging around as tho it was mid-day.

So the hunter returned to bed, the cat returned to bed, and I followed.  Finally, around 4:30AM, the guest upstairs finally died, withered, got sick, gave up, was hit by his/her spouse, ate enough, or just left.  At 4:30AM in the AM who really cares.

Clarence was called  about 8:30 for an afternoon ‘check’….it is now 3:15 and no Clarence, therefore, no check.  Maybe Clarence melted in our ‘first rain of the season’….(previous blogs today).

Rats!!!!!!