Day 484

Bat,

Bat,

Oh, Bat

Where do you live?

Why do you fly over my bed at night?

Stay outdoors.

Hunt for bugs around my home.

And as I stand out on my porch,

I will be happy to see you.

We put the kids to bed, and went to our own room to watch a little TV. When we turned it off and were ready to sleep. Jonathan says, "Bat." I was almost asleep. But when I heard that word, I rolled over and saw the bat flying in circles above our bed. It then flew into the tower room. (which is open to the girls' room there is no door there right now.) So we closed our bedroom door and went to get the girls. I got them in our bed and there door closed. So now the bat was shut in those two rooms with Jonathan. He took care of the bat, and I got the girls back in bed. Ella (after walking to our room, getting lost and me having to go back to her room to get her) was really only awake for the last walk back to her bed. Melinda slept through the whole thing. She didn't know that I had carried her from her bed to mine and then back to hers again. We need the clock to stop and let us work for about 2 weeks. Then we would be able to seal up some of the bat entry points and get started on reconstructing the interior walls. The third floor is almost ready for us to wire and put in insulation. Once we get that done we would be able to put up the drywall. Then I don't think we would have these night-time visitors.