First it was one, then two. Then many. In the deep winter cold I have ants all over my house! Ugh! I hate ants!
I can’t blame them for wanting to come inside. I wouldn’t want to be outside either. But I feel very strongly that out is where they belong.
I am finding them all over the place. I thought I’d found their entry point yesterday and used my go-to remedy. It seemed to work – but only locally. This morning they are in more places and greater numbers than before.
I hauled out the vacuum and sucked up the little anty-bodies, then watched.
Yep, they are coming out, not in the place I treated, but all along the wall; the wall that is full of heavy bookcases and file cabinets. If I want them gone, I have to move everything out, clean behind it and use my remedy. This is a major job that wasn’t on my schedule today. (sigh)
But what are my choices? Learn to love ants? Not happening.
Let it go for now? Probably a bad idea: a couple of them ended up in my bed!
Use the remedy on the outside of the bookcases and file cabinets? It would postpone but not solve the problem.
Whine and complain? I’ve been doing that; it doesn’t help.
Buckle down and move the furniture? That’s going to have to happen sometime, and the sooner the better.
If I’m serious about the problem, that is. If I discipline myself to handle it.
Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.
James 4:17 New Living Translation
Yes, that verse is taken completely out of context. But the Bible talks a lot about laziness and I’m beginning to suspect that is what is happening here.
The truth is that a week ago I was too sick for this task. But right now I feel pretty good.
The truth is, I don’t want to spend any more time thinking about ants.
The truth is Christ is the one who gives me the strength I need to do whatever I must do. Philippians 4:13 Easy-to-Read Version
The truth is, the sooner I get going, the better. Excuse me, I have work to do.