Are We All Going a Little Bat S%#& Crazy?

Are we working too hard? Have we lost some clarity in our journey? Does it seem that sometimes we might be losing grasp with reality?

 

I always tell people to “live your life and let real estate happen in the cracks.” It’s not wise to focus 100% of your time on real estate and wear blinders the rest of the time. If you do that, you’re likely to miss stuff that happens in real life…like this…

 

Life with The Carpenter’s –  Episode #327:[5:25am this morning]

 

[Riley enters master bedroom]

Riley: “Dad?”

Me: “I’ll go look. It’s probably not a bird. It’s probably a bat!”[Sean climbs out of bed. Riley strikes facial expression of fear as she begins to question how a bat got into the house. Callie the Puppy barks excitedly from her cage thinking “Yippee, it’s time for breakfast!”]

 

[Sean heads downstairs, flipping on lights as he goes.]

[Sean retreats back upstairs]

Me: “Should I whack it with a tennis racket or try to catch it in a garbage bag?”

Ronda: “Shoot, I don’t know”[Sean turns the corner into living room and small bat goes whizzing past at full speed then changes direction, heading back to kitchen.]

 

[Ronda enters den w Callie at full speed.]

Callie: (If Callie could talk) “Good morning World. Who wants to play? Where’s my dinner? Wanna go for a walk? Someone throw me my tennis ball. Holy shit, there is a big moth in the house!”

[Ronda runs for back door and escapes on to porch. Callie follows. Sean grabs latest issue of ESPN the Magazine and crouches in a defensive behavior.]

[Bat continues racing between rooms in fearful/agitated state.]

[Riley stands silently frozen to wall between foyer and den, looking like the little kid in Jaws when he first saw the shark.]

[Sean swats at bat and misses. Callie barks. Ronda retreats further into yard. Riley stands still. (Meanwhile upstairs Ryan remains in a peaceful slumber)]

[Bat races by again. Sean swings and misses again but bat seems to realize the open door yet still navigates way into kitchen again using Sonar. <–Proof Sean paid attention in science class or recently watched Animal Planet]

[Callie runs into house and barks at Riley who is standing near closet where we keep her food. Callie does not understand why her food service is delayed.]

[Bat flies back into den then living room.]

Me: “Callie, go see Mom. Look what she has” (Tries trick every pet owner uses to distract dog)

[Callie runs outside as bat re-enters den. I swing again and swear bat looked at me with the look of “Bitch, please!”]

[Riley remains silent, clutching her blanket and probably wonders why she just didn’t pull the covers over her head and wait for her alarm to go off.]

 

[Bat returns. Sean swings and just misses, but wind created by his incredibly precise aim to not harm but protect this beautiful animal causes bat to change direction and fly outside.][Ronda & Callie re-enter house, slamming door in their wake. Sean raises hands triumphantly as if he has just slayed a dragon.]

 

[Riley quietly heads back up to bed. Sean feeds Callie. Ronda heads back to bed. Ryan moves into REM sleep.]

[END SCENE]

So, how was your morning?

 

 

Photo Credit: David Dennis

 

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