Shovels

Inconvenience yourself: Ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf blower; buy a bike, broom, rake and snow shovel.

~ Dan Buettner

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There was a huge drama with a bat at Leslie's house a few months ago when I was there.  It ended with Leslie clumphing it with a giant wooden sword and David using a snow shovel to take it outside.  Once outside, the bat started oozing glow in the dark liquid and David had to finish it off by beating it with a snow shovel.

Now, some people might be upset by this.  David was.  Granny was.  But until you have a bat in your house, I suggest you not judge.  People who live in bat houses throw stones.  And wooden swords and snow shovels.

Later that night David was talking about possible careers.  He mentioned nursing, but said he wasn't sure if he could / wanted to do that work.  I simply added, "When you're a nurse, you hardly ever have to beat a patient to death with a snow shovel."

Life experiences happen to us so that we can figure out our own futures and make sense of our presents by understanding our pasts.

And thus.  And such.