i was feeling Quite Confident after catching The Angry Squirrel that i would soon be living free of the vermin in my roof. The Handy Man who helped us put the live trap in place is coming back in a few days to repair the damaged soffit and fascia so all i need to do is keep the squirrels out until then. easy enough, right?

turns out, perhaps unsurprisingly, that we have some mighty determined vermin. this morning i discovered the previously trapped and released Evil Squirrel ripped apart the soffit around the live trap to get back into his little home.! i guess i don’t know for sure if it was the same one, so maybe i shouldn’t be so quick to judge. regardless, This. Means. War.

so, i did my own homegrown soffit and fascia repair in advance of proper repairs by The Handy Man. i expect he’ll get a chuckle out of my work when he has to remove about 30 screws out of the two layers of boards i put up.

i set the trap and wait. is Evil Squirrel even up there? will i get the satisfaction of looking him Eye To Eye?

i don’t have to wait too long to get my answer.

well, heeeelllloooooooo Evil Squirrel!

truth be told, i don’t think it’s the same squirrel i released the other day. this one has gnarlier teeth. what to do with him? odin and pushkin definitely have different opinions. pushkin would like to have him for dinner, but odin thinks we should just let him go to be with his family.

so that’s just what i did.

we’ll see if i regret the decision tomorrow.