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Lizzie almost got me! Been kind of waylaid with a tummy bug or something!

Yesterday evening I was coming back from the bathroom when Lizzie was sitting right in the edge of the living room floor where there is tile! I got a tupperware container I could see through and was able to slowly approach & actually put it over it!!! I was ecstatic as I hustled back to the den with my skin crawling. I put a heavy weight on the top of the container so knew Liz was trapped until daylight when I could try to get some posterboard under the container and carry it all out to the yard.

Well, a few hours later, I shined a flashlight into the container and saw it in there & got to worrying about would it last the night without being outside to eat/drink, so I was able to work the posterboard under the container to form a bottom of sorts. This took several tries as I would jump back when little Liz would move or dart around. Sometimes I had to retreat back into the den almost falling over Tibbe who was sticking right by me.

Finally I got the posterboard under there and started trying to lift it all up and the darn thing rushed out and right by me, not missing me more than a few inches! It ran right at me! I just screamed like an idiot and skeddatled down the hall into the back of the house. I could hear Tibbe in the den/living room and lots of scratching and growling sounds. Finally, he came into the bedroom and I wouldn't look at him for fear what he had!!!! I wouldn't touch him - I just couldn't. He finally lay down after snorting and snorting a lot. I sat on the bed with my back to him for a long time.

After a good long while, I let him outside(was scared to look toward the living room or den door area for fear of what I might see) and after brushing his teeth and washing him off all over(didn't feel like bathing him and besides, I could hardly stand to touch him), I relaxed a bit. He was trying to help - and yikes, maybe he helped more than I'd like to KNOW. Ewwwwwww. Gives me the creeps to think what he might have done!!!!!!!!!! If he did, I hope he goesn't get sick and I won't be checking out his youknowwhat for a long, long while!!!!!!!!!!! Ugh! Ugh! YUCK!~ I finally looked all over the living room, den floor and see nothing - telltale. CREEPY!!!!!!

I took my BP and it was like 175 over something ghastly and my pulse was 122!!! I was a WRECK! Took 1/2 of a Valium and tried to calm down. I eventually passed out from the drug and slept all night and then some. Bad headache & upset tummy this a.m.

Lizzie hasn't made a further appearance though I have a smaller see-through tupperware container I think it will be easier to get lifted with the posterboard under it if it comes back - if IT even still exists. I still cannot let Tibbe kiss me or snuggle much - I just can't! I don't know what happened in here last night and I don't want to know. I don't give a darn about Lizzie's well-being now! When it ran at me and scared me so, I just freaked! Now this thing is tinier than I even imagined - just about 3" from stem to stern once I saw inside that tupperware with the flashlight. Ugh! It is soooooooooo gross looking, tiny as it is.

If I hadn't felt sorry for it thirsting or starving to death last night, it would probably be gone safely into the front yard by now but nooooooooooooooo, I had to try to move it last night and messed my plans all up. Should have waited but now poor little wretch is probably somewhere dying and I'm a bad person for being so scared. If I han't been so scared I probably could have gotten it up & out without being so jerky & allowing it to escape. When it ran toward me, I just about died.

Well, I feel better somehow now. They say telling somebody about something bad can be good for you! Thanks for listening. Trying to tell something like this to a man just never works! They will NEVER get it! I so hate the trying so hard not to smile.

I just shivered all over again. Wonder if I never see it again how long I'll shiver when thinking of it. Just hope I don't EVER see Lizzie again and I can soon cuddle Tibbe again! That thing is so fast, I really don't know if he could have caught it and I think I'd rather think it's still in the house than ANYWHERE else it might be.