the animals in the ceiling are roof rats. that's clear at this point. i also think there's at least one house mouse around somewhere, but it's very elusive.
as mentioned, i was cooking with pineapple last night and i have a virus, or something. i am noticing two thing waking up:
1) while i was careful to clean it up before i went to sleep, i found a cm^2 sized pineapple leaf beside me when i woke up.
2) the used kleenexes were on the other side of the room, under the table
i suppose it's possible that i might have kicked one of the used kleenexes when i got up to urinate and i might have accidentally got the little bit of pineapple leaf in my hair when i was cooking, but this isn't the first time that i've woken up with the perception that a mouse is trying to befriend me for chasing off the rats, although i'm not sure what it's eating down here if that's the case, besides maybe bugs.
i don't want to nest with the mouse, but if i can't find a reason to get it out of here, i'll leave it alone, especially if it is eating insects.