ripening rodents

i'm 99% sure there is an ailing rat or a mouse in a coma in my attic. having had cats most of my life, i'm pretty sure i know what dead vermin smells like. wondering if i let it rot there if the odor will eventually go away.

since i went so long without writing consistently in my blog, thought i'd get caught up in an abbreviated reader's digest sort of way:

7/8 - ecstatic to leave the sweaty, sandy life in abu dhabi for cooler climes in ireland

7/9 - acquired a taste for  jameson's during search for ireland's best nachos

7/10 - ate too many 'chips' during search for ireland's best nachos
7/11 - suffered through some bad irish melodies during search for ireland's best nachos

7/12 - realized i still don't like guiness but audrey does

7/13 - saw cliffs of moher, leprechaun castle and lots of happy cows

7/14 - arrived in dallas (hades) -- multiple days of triple-digit temps
7/15 - departed for cherokee county oklahoma to see the sander's family

7/16 - attended small town class reunion complete with boot-scootin' at cheesy country western bar
7/17 - got my ass kicked in a very angry back-yard volleyball game with the sander's slammers.
7/18 - returned to hell in dallas
7/19 - got ass kicked again in team trivia (our team name was: "casey anthony starts babysitting business after losing duct tape endorsement" -- awesome, right?)
7/20 - bought a dyson vacuum and celebrated birthday with gallons of queso

7/21 - husband ditched me to return to middle eastern mistress

7/22 - sadness and rest
7/23 - cocktails with rowdy, loud new-yorkers
7/24 - margarita overload
7/25 - margarita overload recovery
7/26 - dinner at lg's dallas oasis with book club divas
7/27 - sucked into the black hole of the couch; sent happy wishes for little miss audrey's birthday

and we're caught up.

t.