AN UNWELCOME GUEST

WHAT A WINTER THIS HAS BEEN. I THINK I WROTE THAT NOTHING WORKED WHEN WE GOT HERE. THE PHONE, THE FURNACE/AC, HAD A WATER LEAK SO HAD TO KEEP IT TURNED OFF,THE LP GAS TANKS WERE BOTH EMPTY--A LEAK--WE BOTH HAD AWFUL COLDS AND COUGHED OUR INSIDES OUT. OH, YES, AND THE DRYER WOULDN'T SHUT OFF!!.
THE WEATHER WAS TERRIBLE, RAINY AND COLD.

THIS WEEK WAS LOOKING GOOD---THE SUN WAS OUT AND THE TEMP UP. WE DID NEED TO TURN THE HEAT ON A FEW TIMES AND THERE WAS A STRANGE SMELL COMING FROM THE REGISTERS. PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE THE HEAT HADN'T BEEN ON FOR QUITE A WHILE. BUT, IT GOT WORSE---HMMMMMM---A VARMIT IN THE DUCT WORK??--COULD BE, SO WE CALLED THE AC PEOPLE AND THEY CAME OUT WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT LOOKED LIKE WHAT IS USED FOR A COLONOSCOPEY!!!! SURE ENOUGH WE HAD A POSSEUM BETWEEN THE FLOOR BOARDS AND THE METAL UNDERBELLY OF OUR PARK MODEL. THE GUYS FOUND IT, BUT COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT GETTING IT OUT!!!
AFTER MANY CALLS WE FOUND A "HANDY" MAN WHO CAME OVER, RIPPED THE RUG BACK AND CUT A BIG HOLE IN THE FLOOR AND REMOVED MR. POSSEUM AND HANDFULS OF MAGGOTS. UGH!!! WE ALMOST HAVE THE SMELL GONE.