All during high school Tyler played on the Davis High Baseball team. He was the catcher and I've heard he was a pretty amazing one at that. He was the captain of his team and was even a good batter when it came his turn (or so I hear... sometimes I wish I could time travel and see him in action during his prime). Well last night Tyler and I got to have our own game. It was really unexpected and quite the adventure.
Lately Tyler's been working on his Spanish (which he learned on his mission) by reading his Spanish Book of Mormon to me out loud. After we do our other reading and all the things that encompass getting ready for bed, he reads to me and, since I only catch a word hear or there, I have a tendency to fall asleep to the rhythm of his voice. Last night was no different. I didn't even realize I'd fallen asleep or that Tyler had turned off the lamp and tried to do the same when something fell. Still asleep... I didn't notice. Tyler said he was almost asleep when he heard something fall. It wasn't a big fall mind you, so he thought it was his scriptures settling into place on his night stand or something. The thing is, he heard something again, so he looked over and saw something. He grabbed his cell phone and opened it for a little light, not wanting to wake me with the lamp, (what a sweet guy right?) and saw something fly over his head to my night stand. When it landed I heard it and woke up. I thought my cup of water had tipped over and I was really worried about the pregnancy books lying close by on the floor. I didn't have long to worry though, because Tyler said "I think there's a moth in here". I'm thinking, "right, well a moth isn't going to tip over my glass and if I over react... I probably will tip it over." Just then I heard something by my pillow so I calmly pulled the blanket up around me waiting for it to fly away. Yeah... the calm feel lasted about 3 seconds; "wait! I think it's a bat!" changed that instantly. All of a sudden I was thinking I probably pulled the blanket up around it too and it was under there with me. Trying to stay calm I lovingly ordered Tyler to turn on the bedroom light. Sure enough... there was a bat in our bedroom. Not a little one either!
here's our furry little friend... just chillin on our curtains
We determined that he wasn't a vampire, even though halloween is right around the corner.
he really does look like a rat with wings. "you're nothin' but a nothin', a nothin' , a nothin' . . ."
So we determined with Tyler's baseball skills he'd be best at handling the bat. So I nominated him catcher. I volunteered as photographer... hiding under the covers in case it flew my direction.
Tyler grabbed his catcher's glove... or a towel that we had hanging up in the room, and hoped the bat wouldn't put up a fight and try to bite through the towel. We also hoped it didn't have rabies...
That's Tyler leaning in to get a better look before he grabbed it.
Success!! He said it didn't put up a fight at all! He was almost to the door when I realized I was safe and should probably go open the front door for him. He let it go and the furry little guy flew right away. I got to see first hand that Tyler is an awesome catcher and he seems to be pretty skilled when he's up to bat. :)
We're not sure how this visitor got in, or how long he's been hanging out in our apartment. It does make us a little nervous though because there aren't any openings in the windows big enough for that guy's head to fit through and there aren't any other places that seem plausible. When I got home from work last night I came in and left the door open for like 30 seconds because my hands were full... but I don't really think he flew in unnoticed during that time. Another theory could be the big metal duct, or whatever you want to call it, coming from the ceiling in the furnace closet. The heater hasn't been on the whole time we've lived there so maybe our bat friend was in the vents somewhere and he came out of there... and then got out through the unusually big gap under the door. I don't know, but I hope he's the only one!
Lately Tyler's been working on his Spanish (which he learned on his mission) by reading his Spanish Book of Mormon to me out loud. After we do our other reading and all the things that encompass getting ready for bed, he reads to me and, since I only catch a word hear or there, I have a tendency to fall asleep to the rhythm of his voice. Last night was no different. I didn't even realize I'd fallen asleep or that Tyler had turned off the lamp and tried to do the same when something fell. Still asleep... I didn't notice. Tyler said he was almost asleep when he heard something fall. It wasn't a big fall mind you, so he thought it was his scriptures settling into place on his night stand or something. The thing is, he heard something again, so he looked over and saw something. He grabbed his cell phone and opened it for a little light, not wanting to wake me with the lamp, (what a sweet guy right?) and saw something fly over his head to my night stand. When it landed I heard it and woke up. I thought my cup of water had tipped over and I was really worried about the pregnancy books lying close by on the floor. I didn't have long to worry though, because Tyler said "I think there's a moth in here". I'm thinking, "right, well a moth isn't going to tip over my glass and if I over react... I probably will tip it over." Just then I heard something by my pillow so I calmly pulled the blanket up around me waiting for it to fly away. Yeah... the calm feel lasted about 3 seconds; "wait! I think it's a bat!" changed that instantly. All of a sudden I was thinking I probably pulled the blanket up around it too and it was under there with me. Trying to stay calm I lovingly ordered Tyler to turn on the bedroom light. Sure enough... there was a bat in our bedroom. Not a little one either!
here's our furry little friend... just chillin on our curtains
We determined that he wasn't a vampire, even though halloween is right around the corner.
he really does look like a rat with wings. "you're nothin' but a nothin', a nothin' , a nothin' . . ."
So we determined with Tyler's baseball skills he'd be best at handling the bat. So I nominated him catcher. I volunteered as photographer... hiding under the covers in case it flew my direction.
Tyler grabbed his catcher's glove... or a towel that we had hanging up in the room, and hoped the bat wouldn't put up a fight and try to bite through the towel. We also hoped it didn't have rabies...
That's Tyler leaning in to get a better look before he grabbed it.
Success!! He said it didn't put up a fight at all! He was almost to the door when I realized I was safe and should probably go open the front door for him. He let it go and the furry little guy flew right away. I got to see first hand that Tyler is an awesome catcher and he seems to be pretty skilled when he's up to bat. :)We're not sure how this visitor got in, or how long he's been hanging out in our apartment. It does make us a little nervous though because there aren't any openings in the windows big enough for that guy's head to fit through and there aren't any other places that seem plausible. When I got home from work last night I came in and left the door open for like 30 seconds because my hands were full... but I don't really think he flew in unnoticed during that time. Another theory could be the big metal duct, or whatever you want to call it, coming from the ceiling in the furnace closet. The heater hasn't been on the whole time we've lived there so maybe our bat friend was in the vents somewhere and he came out of there... and then got out through the unusually big gap under the door. I don't know, but I hope he's the only one!
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Glad you guys didn't get your blood sucked out or anything. :)