10/10/2023
🐿Have I ever told you about the time I lived with a chipmunk? Or... rather, when he lived with me? He let himself in during an extended rainstorm & couldn’t know it at the time but... that little guy jumped from the fire into the pan... as they say... wait, do people eat chipmunks🤔
🐿I named him Thelonius Munk & although we had more than a few in depth convos, I didn’t see much of him. Super talkative though. He was one of those roomies who’s on a different schedule than you. Eating at midnight, partying while I slept. He’d be up doing his thing at all hours of the night & tbh that did make it difficult to fully trust him. Not... unlike my last live-in relationship🤔
🐿The cats... disliked him. They were all “I don’t know why you put up with him. You can do so much better” & “He doesn’t even pay rent, he’s SO using you” but refused to assist me in any practical way, choosing instead to avoid Thelonius, forcing me to deal alone. And I did. I did try to have the break-up talk “This just isn’t working out. It’s not you, it’s me” but nope, he had it good’n he knew it. Not unlike my last live-in relationship🤔
🐿Eventually I caught him in a pillowcase. I hiked that thing outside like an ol’ cartoon bank robber holding her bag of flopping loot. Snickering proudly. Moving fast. The cats clapping for me all the way. I laughed as I power-walked that f*%ker down the street to the nearest patch of trees. Though, much like my last live-in relationship, he’d probably say it happened the other way ‘round🤔
🐿The moral of the story? Don’t live with chipmunks, obviously. Geeez. But also maybe put all the things that drain you, that use your valuable time & energy, that keep you up at night & take advantage, into a pillowcase… and chuck it into the woods. Let it go. Listen to the cats. If you just try, I bet you really can do so much better🤔