The Nerve of Flies and Monkeys

You got have nerve. Some have too much. Take for instance the plague of flies we had in the office yesterday. They had the nerve to invade my oatmeal! There must have be 20 or more flying around. It seemed like every time you killed one 2 more appeared.

As I am not a true Presbyterian -though I work for them - I took matters into my own hands rather than waiting for Session to approve the measure ;-) I went to the hardware store and bought fly tape and a fly swatter. The swatter worked well; we passed it back and forth. The fly tape hasn't caught a single fly! Today, it seems we are down to only 3 flies, I can handle that many. But let me tell you yesterday I was unnerved. I don't like things buzzing in my ears and I think flies are detestable creatures. I would not have survived the 10 plagues in Egypt!

The nerve of the flies unnerved me. My nerves were already a little frayed because of the nerve of a man - stirring the pot again- after months had gone by since the last time he stood me up and gave me neither an explanation nor an apology. But that's not the monkey part...

We have these monkeys disguised as men climbing all over the steel erector set they are building that will someday house Sunday school classrooms and a new church office. They make me a nervous wreck watching them climb all over these steel beams. I am praying the whole time I am watching them wondering also if they are truly part monkey. Add to the visual image the fact that it is cold and they are wearing thick gloves and they aren't small men, but they are maneuvering themselves like a monkey gymnasts!

So you got have nerve to climb on steel beams without so much a strip of fly tape keep you from falling... but this girl doesn't have that kind of nerve!
But I do have the nerve to say "no" to getting caught again in a trap that has yielded me more hurt and frustration than fun or joy.