Texting on mouse removal on a Sunday! I’m sure the Rabbis have much to say on this, and how to do so while staying in rest, but i did my best! Having read the Talmud many times, or at least the cliff notes…..
Texting my wife today, about how to get a dead mouse our cat killed and dropped on our front porch (first breaking the central commandment to not murder, and then having the audacity to test the Sabbath–alas this cat!); how to get it onto a shovel and into a box. Alas, the things we find ourselves doing on a Sunday! As one comedian said: “Never mind if God exist, try finding a plumber on Sunday!”
As I texted…the UK already perfected the broom to box method…..and i have to deal with this issue weekly. I’ve become an experienced mouse getter ridder. And as a priest, i bury them in Peace! Ok, i can text someone through this! Experience can lead to wisdom!
I’m like Allstate (the insurance company), i’ve seen a thing or two! Or at least, buried a lot of creatures over the years.
Of course, it’s not easy to bury the dead in Texas; had to bury a dog once in Winter- alas, the earth isn’t forgiving no matter how many prayers you say, you pay for the burial in sweat and tears! Where i grew up in North Carolina, you just need a shovel and a little hutzphah and there you have it-a nice hole in the red fertile soiled earth-readied to hold the waiting (as they say there!). Not so in Texas.
This earth has more resistance, it’s recalcitrant, and you have to be a bit more steadfast, intentional and willful! I suppose it develops character or back bone, or at least back muscles! And back aches, from experience!
The things we get good at are not always pleasant.
But as Robert Plant said when i met him on a plane once, “as you get older, you will be doing more and more funerals and less weddings, so get used to it. And have music which when sped up works at weddings, and slowed down, at funerals” Practical advice that stuck with me.
I look forward to the period of earth history where the cat lays down with the mouse rather than kills it and brings it to you, or, a day, they just play around as friends! The Millennial reign years couldn’t come sooner for me! I’m ready for nature and nations to be in proper order! So, i can hang out with elephants!
And children will play with Cobras. And i get to pet tigers (which i’ve always wanted to do!)! We aren’t there yet.
In the meantime, as a counselor, i can only offer my best advice from experience, and a listening ear. And text my wife through getting rid of a dead mouse!
But text coaching someone how to get rid of a mouse is still an odd activity, especially on Sundays! I’ll look up the ramifications!