At about 3:45 or so this morning I am peacefully sleeping the night away. Something wakes me up. Did I actually hear something? OH CRAP there it is again.. I jump up from the bed, grab the .40 off the side table and slowly make my way down stairs. The noise is coming from the back part of our downstairs where our home office is and our tv/game room for the kids. Something or someone is making a huge racket. By this time the adrenaline is up. Through the kitchen I go, still in the dark slowly rounding corners as I make my way towards the noise. Checked both entry points on the way and both are still locked. I get to the bathroom and then more crazy noise from in there. I know it isn't the cat, because it is outside. The door is wide open so by then I am pretty sure it isn't a human intruder. Flip on the flashlight and see nothing. Flip on the lights and still nothing... hmmm... Start poking around and behind the toilet paper stockpile I find a pretty large mouse that had set off a mouse trap but only got it's tail. It was running around in the bathroom slamming the trap against stuff. Needless to say I didn't get back to sleep. But good to know that I sleep light enough to hear something downstairs. That has always worried me. We don't have an alarm system, but do have outside motion lights on the front and back of the house.