We Aren't Alone

Ava woke me up at 3 AM last night. Her pallet had a bunch of stuff on it, so I let her crawl into our bed and I headed downstairs to sleep in the guest bed. Actually, the guest bed is our bed, which we intend to move into one day. All our clothes are down here and our bedroom set. But we keep on sleeping upstairs since it's closer to the kids if they need us during the night...which happens occasionally as it did last night. I never did go back to sleep the rest of the night. One of the reasons was because of the awful scurrying noise I kept hearing every now and then. It seemed to be coming from above the ceiling. Heaven knows what is living up there scratching about and driving me insane. I can imagine all kinds of horrible things it might be, the worst being a rat, or perhaps an entire colony of waterbugs. Whatever it is, it has found a cozy spot to live this winter and there must be some way of going in and out to get food. So I am hoping Cody can figure out where it is getting in and solve that problem. However, I would hate for him to board up the entrance while the "thing" is inside the house. Meanwhile, I am headed upstairs to clear off Ava's pallet in case she wakes again tonight. I am not spending another night down here until our uninvited guest finds a new home.