Mice....

Lo and I both saw one this weekend in the apartment were we are staying....I was sitting on a chair in the living room talking to my mom on the phone and one crawled out from underneath Kimi and Muna's bedroom door. It saw me and then scurried back into the room. The next day Lo watched one stroll across the middle of the kitchen floor. Apparently Kimi and Muna just saw one a little bit ago walking from the trash can to under the stove. Kimi says she thinks she saw it stop and laugh at the two traps that have been deactivated since yesterday when one of the roomies stepped on them while cooking. I am not too sure how I feel about the whole situation. When I was little I was a bit different (and allergic to most normal pets) and I had baby mice for a while as pets. I kept them in a big glass aquarium and they always died really easily. Which is why I don't understand how these apartment mice are such survivors. Are New York mice just some sort of hardcore breed that just live in your apartment and there is nothing you can do about it?!?! Is that going to be a part of my life here in NY? Coexisting in the the same household as mice? They don't pay rent! They don't even make you cool dresses! NO BUENO!