There are many useful things to do with bats----take 3 and make a base for a 3 legged table. You could turn one into a funny looking snowman by painting it, adding a scarf and some pieces of coal....add to that a birdhouse for your special chickadee friend. put the narrow side down, add a skirt, some hair and a face and you have a "friend" who can be your "sounding bat"....

Sorry----trying to add a bit of humor here.....

We all know that hind-sight is better than foresight. and it's easy to buy all the bats at K-mart and try them all out...I've been there too (got them on clearance at the sports store that was closing--can't even return them).

I don't assume you are "ok"--but you are a survivor. What ever it takes to work thru, push thru, without doing yourself harm, is accepted.
Glad you got to go "tripping". I took a long walk with the dogs today, enjoyed the long forgotten sunshine, and even picked a few chestnuts that the deer left behind.

I'll roast a few and we can sit and nibble and have a cup of real hot cocoa and paint our bats.......