This week I was sitting on my couch in the evening grading homework. Not my ideal way to spend an evening but being a classroom teacher it's just part of the job. As I was sitting there, suddenly out of the corner of my eye I noticed something by my window. As I turned, I realized it was a large bat flying into my apartment. I scrunched down on the couch, papers on my lap while the bat glided down toward my coffee table, then swooped up over me and the couch toward my door. It seemed like an eternity before I saw it again so I stretched up and peeked over the back of the couch toward the door. I caught a glimpse of it gliding back up from the floor and back toward the window. Out it flew. Whew.
Definitely a moment where I was appreciative that bat sonar works so well and additionally that it's year two because I would have screamed last year which probably would have changed the entire situation and resulted in adventures for both the bat and myself.
Do I think I need to get screens though? Never! This just adds to the excitement of life here. And the cicadas are out so I'm sure some of them will come to visit in the next few weeks. Better get my cup and dustpan ready. I do believe in catch and release.
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