As in the creature, not the lamenting expression.
Last month or so, we heard something scuttling on the roof. We passed it off as nothing.
The other night, Rob heard the same sort of scuttling, only louder. Then, he saw a gray furred nose poke through a hole in the wall where the air conditioner had been installed. We think we may have rats.
Akemi has been super cool about all of it and bought a rat trap (non-lethal) and she wrote out instructions. My favorite part reads “another rats will come down to help its family” — isn’t that cute? They help their family out. I really liked that. It made me think of Ratatouille. I told Masumi that maybe our rat is like Remy, alls he wants to do is cook. That would be cool since I can’t cook. 
Heh.. I loved the all-together-now scenes in Ratatouille… They fill me with glee.
May your rats be glee inspiring and not eat your stuff. (I wouldn’t count on the cooking thing.)