So, we've had a possum. Don't have a clue where it came from, think it has been living in our landscaping in the front yard, give me chills just writing about it. It was spotted in our backyard a few times, once it even came out during a cookout with people over and wasn't afraid!!! We were afraid, but it wasn't phased. The best possum moment though was when it got trapped in our garage overnight. We were about to leave for school and I heard something in the garage, looked out the door and there it was. The girls and I were all screaming. I told them they didn't have to go to school that day because the possum was between the car and us... Burt had the calm solution though... open the garage and let him out... Duh, I know, but I really thought we could just kill him while we had him trapped. (I wouldn't say this out loud, but I don't think my macho husband could kill anything... He even said the possum was the cat's friend, Polly...Polly the Possum) Anyway, the girls went to school. Tardy, but with a good story!
Finale to the story: Eva Grace just told me that she thinks she has killed the possum because she set a gum trap. She spit her chewed gum out on the ground a few days ago for the possum to eat, which would have caused it to suffocate, like it does birds. She hasn't seen the possum in a few days so she thinks her trap worked. Hopefully so.... (I also heard a loud bang and saw some suspicious flashlight activity at the neighbor's house the other night. If the gum trap didn't work, maybe the neighbors had some luck).
