AHHHHH!!!

This morning Dale called and asked if I wanted to eat lunch with him today. We made plans to meet at Perkins in Hanover at 12:00. I was planning on staying home all day, but since I was going into Hanover, I decided to get some groceries while I was there. I finished up a few chores at the house, got Kaden dressed and headed to Wal-Mart. That was all the shopping we had time for before meeting up with Dale. After lunch I wanted to stop at Aldi. There are several groceries that are cheaper there, and worth the extra stop. Aldi was very busy. The front row in the parking lot was full so I decided to park along the side of the building. This part of the parking lot is next to a field with some overgrown weeds. After picking up the items I needed, we headed back to the van. I opened up the side door to put Kaden in his seat and something fell from the van door. When I looked down to see what fell, it scurried away! "Ahhhh! A mouse!" It wasn't a rat, but it wasn't a TINY mouse either! When I eventually got up the nerve to get in the van, I looked over at the field. That's when I saw a large brown hawk lurking by the weeds. I then knew what the mouse was trying to hide from, I just wish it wouldn't have chosen my van in which to hide! I had the heebie jeebies all the way home. What if there was more than one mouse? What if one got into the van? What if it ran over my feet while I was driving? It's hard to believe that during my early days of teaching, I actually had a pet RAT in my classroom! What was I thinking? Well, needless to say, I will not be parking next to that field again!