{"id":488,"date":"2021-03-25T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/?p=488"},"modified":"2021-03-24T19:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:55:48","slug":"of-mice-and-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/25\/of-mice-and-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Mice and A Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no easy way to say this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I hate my garage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I mean, sure. I don\u2019t like the shed much. Once I found the spider eggs growing on my ski bag, I was pretty much done.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But I don\u2019t keep anything in the shed anymore. Grow spiders on my skis and our relationship is over. Which, now that I think about it, should have also been my policy with boyfriends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I moved my skis to the storeroom off my bedroom. It\u2019s the only indoor storage we have. It\u2019s carpeted and climate controlled \u2013 a virtual haven.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Especially compared to the garage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are things I need to keep in the garage. My bike, for example. And house painting supplies. And of course my hard-won <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/02\/the-cold-shoulder-roast\/\">refrigerator<\/a>. I can\u2019t exactly move those things to the storeroom. Not even the laundry room.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But venturing into the garage is a bit like visiting the world\u2019s worst zoo. Mice live in the garage. So many mice. Enough mice to recast <em>The Secret of NIMH<\/em> and <em>An American Tail<\/em>. At the same time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Squirrels occasionally make their way into the garage too. Brazen squirrels. Don surprised one once when he opened the garage door. The squirrel ran up Don\u2019s front, down his back, and out into the yard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spiders have also colonized the garage. Or, more accurately, spiders have colonized the dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/department56.com\/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwo-aCBhC-ARIsAAkNQiugcr0eIGnScXptzMS-QS_g0to0-OG83UPy6qw6Tt-UiFe-Nrx0ztcaAmDgEALw_wcB\">Dickens Village<\/a> houses stored in my garage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/the-move-part-2\/\">Willie&#8217;s<\/a>. She stored them in my garage when she moved. Two years ago. That\u2019s a long story. Maybe I\u2019ll tell it next week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The only good thing I can say about the spiders is they seem pretty equitable, seeing as they share the Dickens Village with a few skinks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And I can\u2019t really say I blame any of them. Wouldn\u2019t you live in Fezziwig\u2019s shop if you could? Or Nephew Fred\u2019s house?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not too thrilled about the skinks. But the worst, of course, is the snake. It slithered under the door. Used the trash can to scrape its skin off. Went on its merry way\u2026somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It left its shed skin behind, which I thought was just some unraveled rope. I saw that skin, every day for a week. Each time I brought trash out to the garage. And I\u2019d think, \u201cWhy does Don have unraveled rope on the floor of the garage?\u201d Because anytime something is not where it\u2019s supposed to be, I blame Don.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s probably not good for our marriage. But Don is pretty indifferent to his messes. And my judgment of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-491\" style=\"width: 161px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-491\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7454-161x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7454-161x300.jpg 161w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7454-551x1024.jpg 551w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7454-768x1428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7454-826x1536.jpg 826w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7454-1101x2048.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7454-300x558.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7454-850x1581.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7454.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You&#8217;re doing it wrong.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I finally realized it was a snake&#8217;s skin on trash day. And could I leave the trash cans for my husband to bring to the curb?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I could not.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was in Canada. Fishing. Incommunicado.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That was a tough battle. My herpetophobia warred with my <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/nine-lives\/\">Obsessiveness<\/a>. If I left the trash cans, I wouldn\u2019t risk getting killed by the snake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But then the trash wouldn\u2019t go out until the next trash day. My Obsessiveness assured me this was just as deadly as the snake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That left me with one option.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I took a deep breath, grabbed one of the trash cans, and screamed. I screamed all the way down to the curb.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I repeated that three times. Once for each trash can.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And it worked. The trash cans made it to the curb. The snake didn\u2019t get me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So now you\u2019re saying to yourself, \u201cWow. That garage is pretty terrible.\u201d And you\u2019re right. But there\u2019s one more problem we haven\u2019t discussed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Long ago, Don and I agreed the garage and shed were his spaces, the rest of the house was mine. I took this to mean each person was responsible for cleaning and tidying their space.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-494\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7456-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7456-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7456-1024x795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7456-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7456-1536x1192.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7456-2048x1589.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7456-850x660.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You did it wrong again. AND you overexposed the film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don took it to mean each person could do as they please in that space, and if the other person enters that space and throws away something that is clearly trash, then that person is some kind of monster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly trash\u201d might be a bit aggressive. \u201cSomething I have no need for and therefore Don doesn\u2019t need either and I hate clutter so I\u2019m getting rid of it\u201d might be more accurate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-492\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-492\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7451-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7451-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7451-958x1024.jpg 958w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7451-768x821.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7451-1437x1536.jpg 1437w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7451-300x321.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7451-850x908.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7451.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You&#8217;re still doing it wrong.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About once a year, I get really tired of the morass in the garage. I put on old clothes and start cleaning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That means I\u2019m the one who finds the dead mice in the mouse traps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t touch them. Not even with a broom. I will consent to cleaning the garage. But dead mice in traps are a hard line. I didn\u2019t get married so I could exchange one bad last name for another. I got married because I don\u2019t throw away dead mice in traps. I don\u2019t throw away shed snake skins. And Don doesn\u2019t know this yet, but I don\u2019t pull the Dickens houses out of the garage to sell for Willie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-493\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-493\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7459-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7459-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7459-947x1024.jpg 947w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7459-768x831.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7459-1420x1536.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7459-1893x2048.jpg 1893w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7459-300x325.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7459-850x920.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oh, I don&#8217;t need your help. But you definitely need mine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When the Dickens Village took up residence in the garage, a few other things did too. Willie\u2019s Christmas tree, for example. But also Indy\u2019s shop vac.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The shop vac was typical <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/21\/basement-instinct\/\">Indy<\/a>. Parts missing. Duct tape holding things together. Indy and duct tape are basically synonymous. We used to have a magnet that read \u201cDuct tape is like The Force. It has a light side and a dark side and it binds the universe together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s the case, then Indy is a duct tape Yoda \u2013 a quiet, wise, unassuming master.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indy told me I could have the shop vac. Those were the sweetest words I\u2019ve ever heard him say.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My Obsessiveness awoke when Indy offered me that shop vac. Its eyes glowed and fingers stretched, longing to snatch up the shop vac right then and there. It whispered and urged. <em>Think of all the things we can clean with that shop vac<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And I did. I thought of all the things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So yes. I vacuumed the garage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indy took the shop vac back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s because I vacuumed the garage. But sometimes the people in my life view my Obsessiveness as one of those boyfriends I should have jettisoned over the metaphorical spider eggs \u2013 an interloper and bad influence, a ne\u2019er do well desperate to wreak havoc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I, of course, defend my Obsessiveness, like I defended those spider egg boyfriends. My Obsessiveness is good. It loves me. It wants good things for us, like a completely empty garage. And storeroom. And kitchen cabinets. All the drawers empty, too. And pantry. And everyone sitting perfectly still on the sofa, not eating or making food, clothes perfect and pressed, every hair in place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think the people who love me conspired to take away the shop vac. But it\u2019s possible. I obviously couldn\u2019t be trusted. Left with my Obsessiveness, there\u2019s probably no end to what I would have vacuumed. The deck. The heating vents, with all the Skittles and crayons trapped in their depths. A dozen other things that seem perfectly reasonable to me but are probably very alarming.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-490\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-490\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7457-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7457-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7457-931x1024.jpg 931w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7457-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7457-1396x1536.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7457-1862x2048.jpg 1862w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7457-300x330.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7457-850x935.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7457.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa baby&#8230;there&#8217;s one thing I really do lack&#8230;a vac&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I brought trash out to the garage the other day. It was early, still dark. After all these years with Don, I was still startled by the fake deer wedged between the trash cans. I shouldn\u2019t have been, considering some of the things I\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/01\/eviction-notice\/\">found<\/a> in that garage. But a fake, life-sized animal in the dim of the early morning looks a lot like a real, life-sized animal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-489\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-489\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B578914B-A5EE-4292-81C9-77736E8EE6FD-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B578914B-A5EE-4292-81C9-77736E8EE6FD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B578914B-A5EE-4292-81C9-77736E8EE6FD-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B578914B-A5EE-4292-81C9-77736E8EE6FD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B578914B-A5EE-4292-81C9-77736E8EE6FD-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B578914B-A5EE-4292-81C9-77736E8EE6FD-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B578914B-A5EE-4292-81C9-77736E8EE6FD-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/B578914B-A5EE-4292-81C9-77736E8EE6FD-850x850.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Please don&#8217;t put that on the curb on trash day.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m not dealing with that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even if I still had my shop vac.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no easy way to say this. &nbsp; I hate my garage. &nbsp; I mean, sure. 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