So after soccer, Max invites a friend over to play and they get in our pool. I am watching from the window - ready to go out and before I know it they are back at the door. Luke (the friend) tells me he thinks there is a huge black rat in the pool with red eyes. My stomach turns but I do what moms must do - go out to the corner of the pool to check things out. Sure enough - monster rat is in our pool and he is alive - swimming around in the corner trying to get out. I am doing all I can not to gag - but I am totally disgusted.
I have the worst fear/dislike/repulsion of rats ever! It goes back to my days as a missionary in Japan when I lived in a tiny rat invested apartment and couldn't sleep at night for fear that massive rats would run across my face as I slept on the floor. That experience was SO bad and those rats were so huge that well, I think I am scarred for life. Anyway, I immediately ran in the house - totally freaking out and yelling frantically for Mike. He gets a net to fish the rat out and because the rat is climbing up the pole, Mike decides to try and catapult it over the fence. He FAILS! Now I am almost crying. I have images of rat families and nests taking over my backyard. Mike finally did hunt the rat down and kill it - only after realizing I wasn't going to have it any other way. For Max and his friend the whole experience was the highlight of their day. It was definitely way too much excitement for me.
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Oh, Mimi! I am totally rolling at your story. What a hoot! Were the kids willing to get back in the pool after all that?
Yeah! A new posts. Dis-gust-ing!! I would have my whole pool disinfected. What did you do?
I was totally disgusted and while Max and friend did want to jump back into the pool, there was no way I was allowing it. The guy that cleans the pool said one rat is no big deal but I made sure he did a shock treatment on the pool.
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