A Day At The Gym

The events described in this tiny story, all really happened, more or less...

This being the rare Friday the 13th, and me being extra cheerful on holidays, I set off, to gently evict my car squirrels.

I was wisely warned, that feeding local creatures no matter how cute…

May result in them getting frisky in my car, and I unwisely shared some peanuts, a lot of peanuts.

Entire populations of squires …. peanuts.

They always look so stressed out, they deserve all the peanuts they can get.

And this year I discovered, some did indeed move into my car.

My plan was simple, I got out of bed early. swiftly got to my car, turned on the engine for a few minutes.

And went back home, leaving a warm engine behind.

I suspect it is the warmth, that the squirrel family living in my car wants.

That they may scurry home at night, using my car as a vacation rental for when it is warm.

I timed my surprise departure perfectly, and managed to avoid most of the red lights.

By the time the squirrels figured out what was really going on, I was already in my gym parking lot.

I stopped as swiftly as drove, and could see a burst of about a dozen squirrels scurrying for the nearby trees.

It is a little known fact, that squirrels are natural born adventurers and they love travel,

I am sure this is not the first time they hitched a ride to the gym, but this time I fully intended to shush them from beneath my hood.

I had a long workout, and danced back to my car, feeling cheerful, and in the end I had no heart to chase anybody away.

I brought the squirrels back, rested and well fed, full of adventure in their hops.

But truth be said, my plan worked, technically.

So, if you hear clicks and scratches after you turn off your car, then you definitely have squirrels, in your Jeffrey’s Tubes.

Warm up your car, and take them for a quick ride.

As far as I can tell, they love Florida, peanuts, shopping, and fast cars.