Irrational Fears

For the last few months, my neighbors and I have noticed that there is some sort of furry creature living in our dorm rooms. It lives in the heater and then moves from room to room consuming any chocolate it can find (it has eaten two bags of Dove chocolates at this point, no joke). About a half hour ago, I was in the place between asleep and awake when I heard the cups and other items on my dresser start to move. Needless to say, it freaked me out. The creature, which we now think to either be a rat or a flying squirrel, was on my dresser. Once I started to move, it scurried back into its hiding place in the heater under my bed. I turned on my light to see if I could find it and then saw a few creepy bugs moving around under my bed. Needless to say, at this point I'm completely freaked and I think sleep has completely evaded me for the night. I don't know what it is about rodents and bugs that freak me out so, but I am terrified. I know my fears are completely irrational. I know, "they are more afraid of me than I am of them." But I'm still afraid of them. I think it's the way they move.