Unbelievable

I have a fear of mice. A fear that goes back to my early childhood. Rats are a whole new level and not one I've had to confront often. Growing up on a farm, made my fear even worse because the encounters were more frequent. I hate mice with a passion. Actually, I'm deathly afraid of them.

Last night was mutual and we had a combined activity. I was cleaning up at the end, and walked back into the gym after being in the kitchen. There was a group of kids that I walked past to get my purse. Out of nowhere, one of the girls turns around and sticks a RAT in my face.....yes, a RAT! I immediately FREAKED! I screamed, left the gym, and had a panic attack in the hall. I could not stop the tears or the hyper ventilating. Luckily there were only three people to witness the worst of the worst. However, there was a meeting that was getting over in the chapel with stake and ward leaders. Lovely. My dad was at the meeting, and had a hanky handy. So embarrassing.

The girl felt bad, and obviously didn't know that I was going to have an extreme fear of the rodent she was showcasing. I guess the kids had it the whole time during mutual, but they had it crawling through their sweatshirts and hiding in their purses, so the leaders couldn't see it. I don't understand the concept of wanting to have a pet rat and then letting it crawl all over you. Soooo DISGUSTING, and soooooo wrong.

If I'd known there was a rat about to be put in front of my face, I would have been able to control myself a little better, but to be caught off guard like that..... let's just say, I did not sleep well last night.