Things That Go Bump in the Night

Last night Jeff and I went to bed at about 10 pm, Jeff drifted off to sleep quickly and I lay there for a little bit when I hear some weird noise coming from our window. I really can't even explain what it sounded like, it wasn't just a bump noise...more like a clanking noise, that is the best way I can think to explain it. Maybe I can ask Jeff later how he would describe it then I'll let y'all know. So anyways, the noise was pretty loud and it did frighten me a little bit! I didn't know if a mouse was in our window or our vent so I woke up Jeff. Of course the noise stopped right after I woke him up, Jeff being a kind soul, got up and looked around our blinds and moved the curtains around a little bit and then came back to bed. He fell back to sleep and I finally drifted back to sleep when it happened again. This time Jeff heard it too! So he got up and stood on top of our desk and looked in the blinds and all around the window area. He opened the blinds, closed the blinds, wiggled them around to see if anything would fall out...but nothing happened. The noise had stopped again so he came back to bed. So we get all covered up again and we both drift off to sleep when the clanky noise wakes us again. I hear Jeff sigh and sit up. At this point I was happy that he is hearing it too so that I don't have to wake him up! So again he goes to the window, inspects everything he can think of but there is nothing there! So now we are thinking some kind of bug or gecko is in our blinds or window...somewhere. Again the noise stopped so we go back to bed and again, and drift off to sleep. So now it is around midnight when we are awoke again by this annoying strange sound. We sit up in bed and Jeff says that he might go sleep downstairs...uh...NO! NO WAY was I going to let him leave me alone with this creepy noise and be woke up all night. So Jeff had no other choice b/c I'm not letting him leave me alone, so he gets the ant/roach/spider spray. We turn on the lights, I scoot to the other side of the bed just in case whatever this thing is decides to make a dash for it when Jeff starts spraying. Jeff inspects the window and blinds again, not seeing anything but decides that whatever it is, is hiding out in the top part of the blinds. So he starts spraying in there as best as he could when out comes a HUGE SPIDER! Just kidding! No, out came a gecko, a fat one at that! I guess he had made a nice home for himself in our blinds. A huge sigh of relief, at last we had figured out what was behind all the creepy noises! Oh, and I can deal with geckos, I would much rather have a house full of geckos than spiders, ants, mice or roaches. So off ran the gecko and off to la-la land went Jeff and I. Thank God!