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Me, Myself, and Fall

      Today Happiness comes to me in three words Fall Equinox. Yes my children summer is over and we can now pull out our hooded sweat shirts, soft sweaters, and snug jackets. We now can drink coffee and not get that strange feeling in the pit of our stomachs that says "Hon, your already warm what is with you!"

     You know I didn't used to like fall because its also called autumn, and I dont think that its a very pretty word for a season. I do, however, know a person named Autumn and I think that the word sounds like something that describes her so it is right for her.

     I Love fall because for poor parched countries like Jordan it is the begining of the wet season. Fall also has Thanks giving which is my very favorite holiday. Seriously! We dont do much here, but in the states My family the Phillips', the Proctors, the Whites, and the Attias go all out. Everyone meets at my grandparents house, and we go white water rafting, hiking, we eat, we watch T.V. ( Macy's parade in honor of my New Yorker Grandad), then we eat some more. We also have a game that the whole family knows. They teach you when you come of age. Andrew and Abby have yet to be taught....it takes a few years to catch on. Halloween is also in fall! Here is a picture of my dogs costume last year... Ahhha I love that animal!You know I'm actually really jealous of my dog. I really want to be her. She gets to sleep however long she wants, she gets massages constanly, she dosen't go to school, or earn an income! I tell you I wish I was her! Well i had better pack for the retreat tommorow. My sister is washing my pillow (if you love them they will do anything for you), and my dog wants me to throw her purple cow(stuffed animal) for her

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 Taffy , mouse trap, 2AM!!!!!!

    It was 2 am and I am in my room reading when I probably should be trying to sleep, and my sister knocks

"Amieeeee!"

"Yeah", im very disgruntled cause I'm getting so sick of my name being called! I need a new one. Anyway I am really crabby and the door is shut to keep Family out , I'm talking to her through the door and she opens the door with out my permission (big no no) Im about to come in when in comes Taffy ahead of  Abby. Taffy has her head tilted at this odd angle and she is snorting, struggeling to breathe, and rubbing her face against my carpet. I put my book down, jump up, and have a slight panick attack.

"Abby what happened!?!?"

"She ate the mouse trap"

"WHAT!!!!!!!!!!"

"Well she didn't really eat the mouse trap she ate the cheese on it on go ther face stuck to the glue, and when she found out that she couldnt pull face off the bard she got her paws stuck to the board and the news paper its all over the place! what do we do?"

"Ummm is the glue toxic?" I ask glancing at the winded dog attempting to pry glue from her paws

"I dont know"

"well go check!" Abby runs off to the kitchen

I crouch down next to Taffy and try to stop her from licking the glue. Abby returns.

"Well, is it toxic" struggeling to holdtaffy down I await her answer.

"I dont know."

"You dont know how could you know know!"

"Well there isnt anything on the package."

"Not even on the box?"

"Nope!"

"Ugh! Lets get her to the bathroom. Get me some sisscors and a brush" Picking up the excited dog I carry her to the bathroom. Half in that I-must-take-charge- mode, and half in the Oh-my-gosh-she-is-going-to-spew-all-over-me-mode. And so that is how the mouse has even attacked my puppy, and how I spent 3 hours of my life either sitting down, and chopping my dogs furr off, or running around the bathroom trying to hold her down and chop off bits of her fur. I was horrible and for a few days I was still finding mouse trap goo in her fur, and for a few weeks my dogs fur looked horrible. I had to cut the fur really close to her skin in order to get all the goo out. I hope your happy Mr. Mouse now Get OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!!!

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    Mouse Turd!

(News flash Fear Factor is not just a reality TV show!)

     The next day I woke up the memory of last nights attack was nearly wiped from my mind. I went over to the bath room and just in time I remembered "Hey! The mouse is in there." and I didn't go in there. I was very proud of my self it was the most sane thing I have ever done concerning that mouse. I used Andrews bathroom instead. I left for my magazine work with my dad I left the house and was safe kudos to me! My job went well, but when I came home the living room was turned upside down! All the chair were turned on their sides, and all the shelves were pulled out in to the middel of the room. I really though nothing of it because when my mom is gone for longer than two days my dad goes nuts and besides to switch the house around (the computer is in the living room) he buys new furniture(desk), and electronics (new TV). Our house is benefiting from the insanity, but we (I speak for my siblings and the dog) are not so appreciative. Any way I went along my merry way until I decided to take a trip to the bath room. Before I remembered about the evil beast trapped in my bathroom I opened the door....I stepped in something... mouse turds on the floor? The reminder not to mention mouse turd was more than I could bear. I screamed, but in vain. Later Abby told me that while I was gone Dad and Andrew tried to catch the mouse. However, when they opened my death trap of a bathroom the darn creature made a dash for the couch. Once it had been totally terrorized by the efforts taken to get it out from under the couch it made a break for the book case, and now its lose again and as of two nights ago living in my closet. Oh but good news! The stuff on the floor in the bathroom wasn't mouse poo it was the pieces of door the mouse had chewed off in a pathetic attempt to escape HAHA! I swept up the shavings, and I would  have kept the shavings as a souvenir, but I decided against it. Poor mouse traped all alone in the dark after terrorizing (I think the mouse was more scared) a poor girl in her own home.

(a letter to stupid creature)

Dear Mr. Mouse,

Why wont you just leave? I dont want to hate you. I dont want to see you die. I just want to be able to sleep in my safer bed (the one that is not elevated seven feet into the air), and not be woken up by you! Thanks to you I am deprived of sleep, safe sleeping quaters and a candy bar that you nibbled last night! I know it shouldnt have been just laying around but where was I supposed to put it? My clothset?You LIVE THERE! I really don't understand your need to torment me. I have been nice there have been no traps so far, I havent stepped on you I leave water in my room on purpose so you wont get dyhydrated! If I were a mouse i would appriciat it if i was treated that well. I mean you aren't dead! Please consider packing up your things (i will give you a doughnut to leave), and high tail it out of my house and especially my room. If you dont leave with in a week you will face severe consequenses.

                              Sincearly,

                                             Amy Attia (your land lord)

P.S. I want my socks back.  

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Ahh yes it is tuesday night 9:51PM and the mouse as of two nights ago has left my room! Yes!!!!Let me tell you how...

It was Monday morning around 1pm and I am getting ready for bed I shut the door. was just in there for a couple seconds and I see this movement by the door yes its my mouse I (insert adverb based on previous tales and you knowlege of me) he ran in front of the door like four times! He was going back and forth and back and forth! What was my screaming scrambeling its brains? when stupid mouse finaly got wise and just went back to the hamper I ran directly across the hall to dad where he was getting ready for bed

"Amy stop screaming your going to wake the whole building" he was kind of stuttering he dose that when he is flusterd of nervous (i do it too blame it on the genes)

"the mouse is in the bathroom!" I  whisper hoarse and out of breath 

I had been screaming so loud i did not know what normal tone was hense the whisper and the horse(lol) and i was breathless since i ran over to dad faster than Clark Kent.

"k" he said it like im going to regret this and tiptoed over to the bath room i followed closely and let him in making sure the door is secure

"Amy"

"uha"  starteled

"get a shoe"

"Oh" I run to my room and pick up the nearest shoe..a my favorite flimsy old navy flip flop

"Thankyou"

"wait!"

"WHAT!" 

"shhh you'll wake the whole entire building, and that's my favorite flip flop"

"oh! here. Besides that wouldn't even kill a roach"

Go to dad's room get nice sturdy Birkenstock stand outside door and wait. I hear scuffles moving of laundry and slaping noises! Has he done it? Has he killed the beast?

"No i didn't get it"

(darn)

Then i do the stupidst thing i go back in there! I have to get ready for bed!So I go back in ther cannot think for the life of me why, and do my thing. Not 30 seconds later the stupid thing creeps out and runs back and forth back and forth six times i counted only I did not scream like i did last time so my screaming didn't fry the beast brains!

voice + BIG volume= 4 mouse laps

voice + small volume= 6 mouse laps

Amy's thoughts + stupid mouse= really really stupid mouse

I exit and make an A line for Daddy and he comes again. I go and get the shoe again cause I put the shoe back and i hear the same scuffles again. He speaks through the door

"lets wait till tomorow when i can see straight"He's kind of out of breath cause hey he aint twenty! Thats my though any way maybe he is out of breath

"k, but first..."

"Ugh"

"could you hand me my toothbrush, tooth paste, and face wash?Please?"

arm protrudes from door with brush. I take brush

"Uhh dad tooth paste and face wash!"

arm protrudes again clutching items. I take items.

"can i come out now?"

"not yet"

I dash down hall stick head out from coner of wall.

"ok you can come out now!"

Dad emerges stares discusted at me

"you have got to get over this"

(silence)

Dad walks back in to room door shuts

Amy goes into Andrews bathroom.Gets ready for bed.

"never going back in to that bathroom"

(scrub, scrub)

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