YOU will NOT believe this story....

parental guidance suggested: coming story may not be suitable for young children.... or adults.

okay, so you know the "friends" episode when monica and chandler are getting married and chandler is missing... then rachel is trying to tell monica the truth that he is missing and right when she's telling her, phoebe pops her head in and says they found him. so then rachel covers it up and says "we can't find chandler's vest..." and monica responds with "for a second i thought, OH MY GOSH THE WORST HAS HAPPENED!" 


okay, that's what happened to me today. THE WORST has happened to me today. okay, one of the worst. i promise i'm not being extra dramatic, mom. ha!


for several years now, i have had an extreme fear of m-i-c-e. (i'm spelling it, not saying it). like a completely irrational phobia. i am aware it is irrational. and i am aware it is extreme. however, it's where i'm at. as you know, we've been unpacking like crazy and getting our lovely, new, clean house all set up. so we packed up finley's dresser we had in portland full of clothes before we left. packed so full! of finley's, audrey's and some of mine. it's been in the u-box (a moving pod) for over a month and it was unpacked wednesday into finley's new room. hadn't even started unpacking it... until this morning.... the doom begins. the lights dim. children leave the room. 


i started emptying the drawers. pouring the clothes onto the carpet. of finley's bedroom. audrey is asleep in her room. me and finley are in there together. then i see "lint". weird "lint".... i had taken a couple big handfuls across the hallway to my room to organize at another time. as i go back i take out another big handful and then... see it.... them..... baby.... m-i-c-e. OMYGOSH! this cannot be happening. i scream, loud. finley gets startled. i try regaining composure. grab him. run out the door. put a hoodie over the crack of the carpet/door separation. and immediately call my wonderful husband. who was at his first day of work. in his loving husband duty, him and his brother, josh come over. i'm sitting in the living room with my feet up trying not to look or think about what is happening. once they get there, i take finley and go to josh and joy's house where it's "safe". i get a call a little while later from jake saying it's all clear. with a few more details.... they found the m-o-t-h-e-r. (i guess this is GOOD news) (she was d-e-a-d)..... they found n-i-n-e babies. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! they are 99.99% sure they got everything! i mean, why not 100%... but i guess it's not a true guarantee. jake's best guess is the m-o-m got in there in PORTLAND! before we left. because there were no holes or anything indicating it happened in the u-box. good thing cause i was planning on demanding a FULL refund of that thing! no, i'm still not being dramatic. deathly afraid here, people. anyhow, i haven't been back to our house yet. when jake's done working, he's gonna go home and make sure all is clear and vacuum and clean his room well. i told him i wanted to get rid of the dresser. he gently told me that's not necessary. i'm working on it. one sad thing is he had to throw out like 6 of audrey's outfits.... they were... chewed through..... tear! sob! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 


okay. well thank you for reading this and i am certain you all felt sorry for me. i think it was important i faced it as i wrote out the story. i still am quite shaken up. and i don't want to forever fear my new house. i won't. it was time to face this fear. i will overcome. or i might just accidentally burn the dresser down when jake's at work. who knows at this point. 


my old college roommates need to read this story because the 5 of us lived in a big, old house in portland before i got married and for multiple months, they hid a m-i-c-e problem from me! what dear souls they have. i never knew. and it was a BAD problem. thank you, girls. i will never be able to repay you knowing now how horrible that problem must have been. 


well all. that's it for now. wish me luck. 


love.