I dreamed that I was asked to serve in our church as the Stake Fire Ant Colony Coordinator. The calling sounded like it would be a lot of work but I agreed to do it anyway.
The person who extended the calling to me took me out back, behind the Stake Center building to show me the fire ant colonies. There were 7 or 8 really large home-made, wooden ant farms back there. They were each about 8 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
I got closer so I could inspect the ant colonies. I watched the fire ants scurry around for a little while and I started to notice that the ant farms were overcrowded. They were absolutely packed with fire ants. I also noticed that the fire ants seemed to be trying to find a way to escape from the ant farms, which was alarming. If that many fire ants escaped from the colonies they could harm a lot of people and do quite a bit of damage.
As I continued to watch, I noticed several large tarantulas that were also inside the ant farms. At first I thought that the ants would attack and devour the tarantulas, but as I observed them I realized that the ants were actually training the tarantulas to act as troop carriers. The tarantulas were large enough that each one could carry several dozen ants on their backs and deploy those ants quickly anywhere the ants wanted. The ants weren't merely trying to escape, they were planning to take over the world!
I decided that the best course of action was for me to stop the ants before they became powerful enough to escape from the farms. The best way to do that would be to kill as many of them as possible with Raid. I quickly drove to Home Depot and bought several cans of Raid, and then returned to the ant farms. As I held the cans of Raid up and pointed them towards the ant farms I felt a little guilty. I had been given the responsibility of caring for the ants and I was about to massacre them. On the other hand, the ants were trying to take over the world. And spraying them with Raid would likely not kill ALL of them, which would make taking care of them MUCH easier. I again felt guilty for putting laziness above my responsibility for taking care of the ants, but in the end laziness won out.
I sprayed the ant farms and that killed off about 90% of them. After that they were much easier to take care of and they gave up on their dreams of world domination.
Dream date unknown, but probably some time in 2016
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