Headaches

Rats
Sometimes I think the things in the attic might be larger than rats. I hear them moving around sometimes and they're louder (heavier) than I expect rats to sound. Other times they make rat-like noises and I'm reassured that our traps will catch the head of something instead of just the arm of something. We went up in the attic on Friday and our traps were empty. Ike moved them so they'd be against walls; perhaps we will be successful next time we check.

Cats
We've come to expect certain behaviors from Ceri. She is a very shy cat and is severely affected by separation anxiety or something when we go on vacations. So when we came home from traveling a week ago, we weren't surprised that she was freaking out. No, what surprised us was her insistence on hiding behind the stove whenever we left the house or went to sleep. Lucky for us, the stove doesn't have rigid gas pipes attached to it, so we can slide it out from the wall. It's still not fun to move a stove, though. We put a big piece of cardboard between the stove and the wall behind it, but we had to take it off when we bake things, and last night we forgot to replace it. She was back there again this morning, ugh. We've had to move it at least four times since coming back. If she gets back there again, I might just leave her and see what happens.

Drips
The CatGenie was dripping before we left; gotta see if that's still happening. It's had a bunch of other issues since then, so I forgot about the drip. The hall bathroom toilet tank has a leak, and the shower in that bathroom does, too. We know what's causing the shower one, though. The hot water knob is stripped, so it's hard/impossible to shut off completely. We have some new knobs for the hot water and for the bath/shower toggle. That knob hasn't worked properly in over a month, and it'll be nice to be able to use the bath function of the tub (even though I haven't taken a bath since I was was...what, 18?). I guess it'd just be useful for foot-soaking or something. Unrelated to leaks: Ike replaced the shower head, and the new one is huge and rain-like. I really like it.