I feel like a horrible mother. Today after preschool my little boy and I were getting ready to leave the classroom and I glanced over and saw a live mouse on the tile floor near the kitchen of my classroom. I knew we had a mouse because Michelle, my assistant, had also seen it. However, without thinking about what I was doing I SHRIEKED very loudly when I saw it. I'm really not scared of mice. They just startle me when they appear so unexpectedly and move so quickly. You know what I mean? Anyway............simultaneous to my shriek my little guy started bawling in a more terrified manner than I've ever heard him cry and he BOLTED through the door of the classroom, down the hallway, past my assistant and her son, out the doors to the outside and when I finally caught up to him he was in the parking lot standing beside our van sobbing. With much prodding (and dragging) I convinced him to return with me to the classroom where I had left all my belongings, all the while trying to convince him that Mommy didn't scream because she was scared of the mouse. Rather, I screamed because I was SURPRISED by the mouse. I assured him that mice can't hurt us, etc. Well, he talked about little else all night so I'm sure I've instilled an irrational phobia of mice in him, completely unintentionally. When relaying the story to DH he asked me why I had screamed. I told him that I think it is perhaps part of my female genetic make-up and that it just happened without me even knowing it was going to happen. And that's true. Because I am NOT scared of mice. I just don't like to be startled by them.
In other news, I'm excited to announce that Shannon from Letters, Numbers and Books Oh My! has interviewed me over at her blog about my Random Acts of Reading project. CLICK HERE to read the interview. I was really excited that she wanted to interview me. It's my first (published) blog interview. There is another one in the works that I'm excited to tell you about when it goes online. That's all I'm saying for now though.
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I totally understand how a seeing a mouse would surprise you like that! Don't worry!
Great interview - it sounds like this project is going to be lots of fun.
I'm sorry, but that is hilarious! :) Hope Jr. doesn't need therapy some day because of this little episode, but I'm sure he'll think it's funny some day too!
I can relate to this. I've actually jumped up on a chair like a cartoon character upon being surprised by a mouse -- much to my embarassment. :)
I love mice and rats I know so un girly like! :)
I did that once. I was visiting my parents who were having a major mouse problem. I knew there were dozens in the house but when I saw one I shrieked just like you. I had pet rats as a kid. Definitely not scared. NO idea why I shrieked.
I did that once. I was visiting my parents who were having a major mouse problem. I knew there were dozens in the house but when I saw one I shrieked just like you. I had pet rats as a kid. Definitely not scared. NO idea why I shrieked.
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