Twilight of the Cockroaches - Day 2
Myrddins told me that she too has spotted bugs in her homes, but that they are the massive, scary kind that make that horrible clicking noise when they run. I don't have those.
The super/friend upstairs has called the exterminator, which is cool, except that my experience with exterminators is that they don't pull out the appliances to spray around them. So I want to have as much support as possible for my explanation/note to the exterminator which will read something along the lines of 'please put your toxic bug spray inside of the dishwasher. Also outside of the dishwasher. And underneath it.' So I'm going to let the little guys know that they've got one more day to march out of the apartment and my life, otherwise I can't be held responsible for what happens. White flag, you little bastards. Surrender now.
The whole kitchen looks like some hellish version of Christmas, if counters are trees and bug baits and glue traps are ornaments. I believe at this point I have a little black disk in every door, baited poison in three flavors (and all of them stink!) and glue traps hidden under each appliance and on the counters. The purpose of the glue traps is to find out where they're coming from, even though I'm pretty certain I know exactly where the little bastards are coming from.
I didn't see nearly as many creepy crawlies last night as a I did yesterday. But I know that that's just because they're stressed out and hiding. These bait poisons aren't supposed to work *that* quickly. I wish though. I freaking wish.
Body Count, Day 2
Adult cockroaches sighted: 3
Baby cockroaches sighted: 1
Cockroaches sighted that didn't either get squashed or gassed: 0
The super/friend upstairs has called the exterminator, which is cool, except that my experience with exterminators is that they don't pull out the appliances to spray around them. So I want to have as much support as possible for my explanation/note to the exterminator which will read something along the lines of 'please put your toxic bug spray inside of the dishwasher. Also outside of the dishwasher. And underneath it.' So I'm going to let the little guys know that they've got one more day to march out of the apartment and my life, otherwise I can't be held responsible for what happens. White flag, you little bastards. Surrender now.
The whole kitchen looks like some hellish version of Christmas, if counters are trees and bug baits and glue traps are ornaments. I believe at this point I have a little black disk in every door, baited poison in three flavors (and all of them stink!) and glue traps hidden under each appliance and on the counters. The purpose of the glue traps is to find out where they're coming from, even though I'm pretty certain I know exactly where the little bastards are coming from.
I didn't see nearly as many creepy crawlies last night as a I did yesterday. But I know that that's just because they're stressed out and hiding. These bait poisons aren't supposed to work *that* quickly. I wish though. I freaking wish.
Body Count, Day 2
Adult cockroaches sighted: 3
Baby cockroaches sighted: 1
Cockroaches sighted that didn't either get squashed or gassed: 0