Why is the mouse 'sticking' and it switches between windows?

Hello,
So this morning my mac has had a few issues, all within about a minute of each other:
-mouse 'sticking', not totally frozen but isn't moving smoothly
- will switch between open windows and even just fly over to the dashboard randomly
-open random windows
for ex. the little window that would open if I right clicked on something, (except I was just typing) and it's happened multiple times today, and never before.
* I had Pages '09 and Safari open.
* I've restarted my computer and only launched Safari and the problem seems to have gone away, making me think there might be a corrupted file or something in Pages.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Brandon

The mouse (at least the Magic Mouse) sticking and flying are well known problems for which there seems to be no cure in sight. Just grit your teeth and try to think something complimentary about Apple.

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