Welcome, once again, to Hypothetically Speaking.
Situation:
You're a single female, late twenties. Even though you've been trying to hide it, of late you haven't really been feeling well. You're not entirely sure you've completely recovered from a serious head injury, but your opinion is that a month in critical care and four more in intensive care was quite enough time in the hospital. You're home and you'd like to stay there.
Technically, you live alone, but you've seen evidence that you have an uninvited houseguest - there's a mouse somewhere in your apartment. You're not overly concerned by that; as long as the mouse leaves you alone, you'll leave it alone. That's the plan you decided on.
So, it's 2:17 am and your not-so-sound sleep has been interrupted by a faint sqeaking coming from the living room. You decide it's worth investigating, so you make your way out of the bed. Balance is unexpectedly an issue, so you proceed on your hands and knees all the way to the living room.
Once there, you see the mouse - a relatively big one - nibbling at a half of a salami sandwich next to the laundry pile on the floor. You stay where you are, for the moment, being as silent as you can be. Once you're sure it doesn't know you're there, you very slowly and softly proceed toward it. After waiting for the right moment, you jump on the mouse and just barely manage to catch it in your hands.
Now that you've got it, you sit back on your legs (still on your knees) and hold the mouse by its tail in front of your face where you can see it. It's wiggling, fighting, and squeaking desperately, but not making any progress. After studying it for a minute or so, it occurs to you how inviting the mouse smells, so you drop it in your mouth, chew, and swallow. Afterward, you curl up on the laundry pile and go back to sleep.
An hour or so later, you wake up and realize what you did.
So: 1. What's your immediate reaction? 2. What are your subsequent actions?
Feel free to add anything else you like to your comments.
As usual and always, thanks in advance.
Situation:
You're a single female, late twenties. Even though you've been trying to hide it, of late you haven't really been feeling well. You're not entirely sure you've completely recovered from a serious head injury, but your opinion is that a month in critical care and four more in intensive care was quite enough time in the hospital. You're home and you'd like to stay there.
Technically, you live alone, but you've seen evidence that you have an uninvited houseguest - there's a mouse somewhere in your apartment. You're not overly concerned by that; as long as the mouse leaves you alone, you'll leave it alone. That's the plan you decided on.
So, it's 2:17 am and your not-so-sound sleep has been interrupted by a faint sqeaking coming from the living room. You decide it's worth investigating, so you make your way out of the bed. Balance is unexpectedly an issue, so you proceed on your hands and knees all the way to the living room.
Once there, you see the mouse - a relatively big one - nibbling at a half of a salami sandwich next to the laundry pile on the floor. You stay where you are, for the moment, being as silent as you can be. Once you're sure it doesn't know you're there, you very slowly and softly proceed toward it. After waiting for the right moment, you jump on the mouse and just barely manage to catch it in your hands.
Now that you've got it, you sit back on your legs (still on your knees) and hold the mouse by its tail in front of your face where you can see it. It's wiggling, fighting, and squeaking desperately, but not making any progress. After studying it for a minute or so, it occurs to you how inviting the mouse smells, so you drop it in your mouth, chew, and swallow. Afterward, you curl up on the laundry pile and go back to sleep.
An hour or so later, you wake up and realize what you did.
So: 1. What's your immediate reaction? 2. What are your subsequent actions?
Feel free to add anything else you like to your comments.
As usual and always, thanks in advance.
