I know there seems to be something peculiar between myself and the local rodentia fauna, but today was just weird. They paved our parking lot yesterday, and are paving the one behind the store (it's a driveway actually) today.
But at about 12:30pm today (yes, about 15 minutes ago as of this writing), before our saturday business picks up, someone did a little "window shopping".
It was a woodchuck (groundhog).
My desk is in the corner, so I can see the door from the corner of my eye. There are four panes of glass in the entrance (two doors, and a window on each side). Peripherally, I saw something move into the far corner of the entryway (the door is closed, this all took place outside the store). I look over and see... well, just look at the picture above. It checked out the first (and farthest from me) pane of glass (leaned up on the window sill). Then it moved over to the first door, leaned up again and looked inside. About this time I had to get up and walk over. It then moved to the second door (closer to me). I waved at it and said "hello". Didn't phase it at all. It then moved onto the last window pane, not a foot away from me. I waved again. Either it was really, really short sighted, or totally not bothered by my presence.
It really was cute, and completely unexpected. What I found so odd was the way it checked each and ever window. Not in a "looking for a way in" manner, as it didn't scour the windows, it just leaned up and looked in the store.
As my friend said, "maybe he was just window shopping and forgot his purse."
:D
Hey, btw, I turned 30 on monday. Was going to write something on that (since 30 is a 'big year'). I still might later, after I reflect on it some more.
But in the meantime, feel free to enjoy some of my rodent stories, and feel free to send me some of your own!
