...but you already knew that.
At the library, there are skylights above the study carrels. These study spaces are my refuge, a little oasis of quiet surrounded by slightly musty books. I can hide from students (and faculty) here. I get my writing done here.
The squirrels are on to me. And just like they have done to everything else that is good and perfect in this world, squirrels set out to destroy my perfect writing spot.
The squirrels run to and fro across the skylights. What would be little pitter-patters on a normal skylight become giant, migraine-inducing thumps on these oversized plastic architectural "features".
The little rodents ignore my glares. In fact, an especially fat one likes to sit in the middle of it, giving me a great few of his, um...stuff...as he eats...well....nuts.
Today I made a swiping motion at the little fattie. Enough! I will not let these squirrels ruin my happy place!
I swear he appeared to smile at me in jest before scampering away.
Leaving behind a pool of squirrel pee.
Bastard.
4 comments:
A squirrel once chewed through some wires in the attic of my high school, and started a fire that resulted in the gutting and subsequent demolition of an entire wing of the building (it happened at night, luckily, so the squirrel was the only victim). Tell your maintenance people that, and they'll deal with the problem pronto :)
Here we have no squirrels, but we do have a family of raccoons that keep trying to get into our attic to build a nest. My brother-in-law's a roofer, thank goodness, otherwise the damage they've caused would have cost us a fortune by now. You think squirrels make a lot of noise... I almost called the police the first time they started scampering over the roof and skylight, because I thought someone was breaking in!
The image of you looking up in outrage at a squirrel dicke through the skylight will sustain me through many a boring seminar this year.
We don't have squirrels here, but a wombat chewed through one of my ration bags at camp.
Ahhhhh! That is horrible, Cath! But I will let them know. :)
CPP: I am here to entertain (sometimes).
MuKa, I don't even know what to say to that! ! !
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