Rat, Mouse, or Cockroach...you decide

I cannot describe to you how great it makes me feel when I wake up to the sound of something scratching through my suitcase one foot from my head. Another amazing sound I love to hear in the night is the high pitched buzz of a mosquito flying around my head. Last night I had the privilege of having both sounds. First was the scratching from the rat, mouse, or whatever it was. Then there was the same sound across the room on the shelves that hold our clothing. I sat up with a start sitting in the middle of the bed, Stephanie behind me, still sleeping. The fight or flight reaction was going crazy in my body. I could hear my heart beating, I was looking around in the darkness franticly and I couldn’t think. I felt trapped under the mosquito net. I wanted to grab my flashlight but it was two inches from where the sound was coming from. All I could do was sit in the safety of my net. I looked at my watch (it lights up, thanks fam) 1:00am. I laid down and heard that faithful sound of the mosquito. It took my mind off of the scratching. I went in and out of sleep for a while, and then the scratching came again 2am. Stephanie needed to be informed this time. She was sure it was a cockroach. I was so encouraged by this. Sorry Wesley and Nathan but the time you spent holding the rats didn’t prepare me for wild rats. I’m sure it is because I’m still not sure what cockroaches really do still. All I know is that they crawl around and accidentally fall on their backs and I find them in the morning in my room. I can deal with a cockroach in my room. I fought with the mosquito for a while then fell asleep. 4am again with the scratching. I jerked away hitting Stephanie in the process. I apologized, rolled over and fell asleep. Tonight we are going to make some changes.