Thursday, August 7, 2008

A Mouse in the House

A mouse just ran through the committee room I'm in at the Capitol! Oh the screaming! More like squealing actually. It was a teeny tiny mouse really. And all the nice Southern ladies are now trying to sit cross-legged on these pews in their skirt suits and high heels.

But the best part was my friend Sandy's reaction- had there been a table she would have jumped up on it. Instead, she picked up all of her 70 huge law/textbooks off the floor and slammed them on the bench on top of me. Same was done with her 3 bags. And she was practically hyperventilating. I had to work so hard to hold it together and not bust out laughing!

I kept feeling like someone should come in here and "do something"- I mean, what place has more resources than this place in the state of Georgia? That would have been ridiculous though, if a poor Capitol security guard was forced to chase a mouse while the legislators discussed admissibilty of similar transactions.

I was bitching earlier about how it should be illegal from them to make us come to the Capitol in the summer, but this was totally worth it.

4 comments:

Reem Tara said...

TOTALLY worth it! And I love the whole "somebody should do something mentality," because inevitably, it would have just added to the chaos. Can you imagine like...I don't know...a legislator running around with a broom or something? Awesome.

Sara Ashes said...

a legislator with a broom- classic!! and a cigar hanging out of his mouth- wearing seersucker and a bowtie of course- and yelling "Sir, I SAY SIR, there is a MOUSE in the HOUSE!!"

Layla said...

aaaahhhhhhh HAHAHAHA...Sara I was totally picturing these proper southern women trying to sit with their feet up in their tight skirts. I have no idea how you did not burst out laughing!! I wonder how some of these women would react with spiders?!?!?

Sara Ashes said...

not well, Layla! Not well at all. :)