okay, here's the full story.... about 2:00 this afternoon i realized it was in the house.... either a cat brought it in uninjured, or it came in by itself thru the kitty *window*.... it was sitting at my feet peeking up at my bed when i first saw it, and then it ran out my bedroom door into the main part of the basement (that is still PACKED with moving boxes

) .... i tried to find it for a couple hours and had absolutely no luck.

the bathroom door was shut, but it must have been able to make it under it looking for water after all the sunflower seeds i put down for it. we went to a picnic tonight, and apparently that is when it found it's way to water and drowned.
and Nol.... GROUND squirrel...LOL...... i could tell a chipmunk from a regular squirrel without seeing the tail
and yeah, i'm thinking about waking dad up and asking him if i should try and flush it, but don't wanna f up his plumbing without permission since we just invaded his house

... at least i know it isn't gonna decompose and start stinking since it's completely under cold water until morning.