The Good: I managed to get the living room and dining room vacuumed before “the bad.”

The Bad: The vacuum cleaner starting making a sad, dying “wuuuuurble, wuuuurble” noise when I started on Poppy’s room.

The Ugly: There’s a mouse in the house. Which probably means there are mice in the house. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to do about that. I’d like to be humane about it, but I’d also like them not to come back in the apartment. It’s a quandary.