Just another UNordinary day

Sometimes, you just have one of those days that start out normal, then something real crazy happens. Here's something I think everybody would appreciate.

I was driving to my Martial Arts studio, flipping through the radio stations, singing along to the songs I know, and trying not to get in an accident. Well, all the sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something waving around in the wind by the driver's side corner of Jeepie's hood. My first thought was, "Oh just some Spanish moss." I took a longer look and realized, that sure didn't look like any kind of moss I'd ever seen. It was worm-like but a bit too big for a worm. I drove further along and then spot fur sticking out from the hood's gap. There was a RAT in the Jeep's engine! I KNEW it had to be dead. I drove the rest of the way to the studio, trying to think of how to take care of a dead rat and wondering how in the world it got in there in the first place.

I finally pulled in to a parking spot and immediately popped open the hood. I hurried to the front, pulled the hood up, and guess what? That rat ran away and disappeared into the Jeep's engine parts faster that you could blink. I jumped like I'd been struck by lightning. I stood there for a good bit, deciding how to react. I settled for laughing.

But that's not all. I retrieved my uniform and continued on into the studio. First thing I asked Phil (a black belt staff member and friend of mine) was, "What do you do if you've got a live rat in your engine?"
He stared at me for a moment, and then replied seriously while shaking his head, "You know, you're the only one I could possibly have this conversation with." I burst out laughing.
Just at that moment, another staff member comes out and asks what we were talking about. Phil told what I'd asked. Her response? "I dunno. Chase it with a broom?"

Let me just end this blog saying: that story is all over the studio now with everyone laughing.