"We removed the kitchen ceiling and it was like cutting a hole in a paper bag filled with marbles but instead of marbles it was dead rats." Then next text moments later... a kid at [daycare] has been diagnosed with flea bites.

Holy crap. I was freaking out. I do not do rodents. Plus, DD, who used to go to this daycare has had this story about a dead rat in DCP's back yard for over a year. And in that past year she has kept upping the number of rats so that now she tells it as hundreds of dead rats were in the backyard. So of course I'm freaking out about DH's texts and not believing my child. I was calling myself a horrible mom all night.

I always do daycare pick up. What the heck is going on the one night I skip- dead rats falling from the ceiling???

I finally got a hold of DH tonight and it turns out that yes a kid has fleas but the rat story was about a friend's new house and not at all related to daycare. He went back and reread his texts and realized that it sounded like dead rats were falling from the ceiling at daycare (duh). I'm so glad that's not happening although I feel bad for our friends and their new house.

Do things seem to fall apart when you travel?