Rat in the wall

I thought this might be an interesting tid-bit ....a look into the never-boring life of Kelsey Jones.
I awoke Monday morning to the loudest scratching sound coming from above my head,just over our bedroom closet. "The neighbor upstairs must be dog-sitting" I mumbled to Nick who was also starting to stir. "Wait, babe, what is that?"....
Nick: "I don't know, go back to sleep..." (he was frustrated at my very awakened state)
Kelsey: "Nick, woah! oh my gosh, oh my gosh, it's not upstairs anymore.....it sounds like it's IN our closet now!! It must be a rat or a big mouse or a small dog or something!....I'm scared...uuuughhh...."
Nick (now sitting up to listen): "It sounds like a rat maybe"
So I, being the "man" of the house (really, the most disturbed by the idea of a freaking RAT in my apartment) got up to scope out the area. Tip-toe's around the corner, tip toe to open the closet....nothing....
I could still hear scratching but it was coming from INSIDE the wall. So I checked to see if there were any possible holes, vents, outlets that a mouse/rat/small dog could fit through. Nothing. If this rat was were it sounded like it was, then it was screwed.
So we went about our morning getting ready for work and every 4 minutes or so we would hear jumping around and scratching. Then, throughout the day the scratching sounds slowed to every 15 minutes or so to every hour to nothing by the time evening came. All day long I couldn't help but picture a dying rat trying to escape from the inside of our wall. Disgusting. Is it going to stink up our place when it dies? Did it maybe escape? Guess we'll just have to wait and see. It's been 3 days and I haven't smelled anything yet....but I can't walk by that wall without picturing in my head what might be inside...only a few inches from me.

Sunny days

Does anyone else hear the chorus of "Walkin on Sunshine" in their heads lately? The weather has been absolutely BEAUTIFUL the past 2 or three days. I think it's sposed to end tomorrow, but MAN! I have been feelin GOOD! It's amazing the affect weather has on my mood! So why the heck am I sitting on my couch LOOKING at the gorgeous day through my windows? ?. I'm goin on a walk.