Spring in North Dallas
You know it's Spring when taking out the trash becomes a family affair.
For some reason no matter how cold it gets in Texas the population of bugs seems to always exceed the population in India per square mile at any given time. In fact, the colder it gets during the winter the more bugs seem to hatch in the spring. If you open the door even a tiny crack for half a millisecond that's the cue for 50 bugs to come charging into the house. Of course, being the bug-o-phobes my mom and I are we are determined to kill every single bug that lays feeler, wing, or whatever in the house. And thanks to the media highlighting the threat of West Nile the urgency to kill the creepy suckers gives us more reasons to follow through.
We'd make Patton proud with our bug elimination strategies. My mom takes the trash in her hands and keeps it close to her body so she'll slip out between the cracked-open door with ease. While she takes care of that I turn off the outdoor patio light and arm myself with an extra-powerful ammo: scentless Raid. You'll see why it's important that it be scentless. As she slips out the door and closes it behind her I'll be on the lookout for any rogue mosquitoes. Sure enough three or four will flutter in and I'll be there to drown them in Raid. Once in a while they STILL won't die even though they're practically swimming in the stuff so I'll just finish the job by stepping on them. Lovely. Then my mom gets back and we repeat the process. She swats at and around the door, making sure no other bugs are around, before she finally enters and quickly shuts the gate, door, and locks it. Finally, we're on the prowl for any smaller bugs that happen to flutter past us and happen to fancy the lights in the kitchen. We usually keep one on so it'll be easier to find the little devils and kill them all with one final spray of Raid, followed by a swatting with kitchen towels designated for this job should they happen to survive the Rain of Raid.
Don't mess with Texas. XD
For some reason no matter how cold it gets in Texas the population of bugs seems to always exceed the population in India per square mile at any given time. In fact, the colder it gets during the winter the more bugs seem to hatch in the spring. If you open the door even a tiny crack for half a millisecond that's the cue for 50 bugs to come charging into the house. Of course, being the bug-o-phobes my mom and I are we are determined to kill every single bug that lays feeler, wing, or whatever in the house. And thanks to the media highlighting the threat of West Nile the urgency to kill the creepy suckers gives us more reasons to follow through.
We'd make Patton proud with our bug elimination strategies. My mom takes the trash in her hands and keeps it close to her body so she'll slip out between the cracked-open door with ease. While she takes care of that I turn off the outdoor patio light and arm myself with an extra-powerful ammo: scentless Raid. You'll see why it's important that it be scentless. As she slips out the door and closes it behind her I'll be on the lookout for any rogue mosquitoes. Sure enough three or four will flutter in and I'll be there to drown them in Raid. Once in a while they STILL won't die even though they're practically swimming in the stuff so I'll just finish the job by stepping on them. Lovely. Then my mom gets back and we repeat the process. She swats at and around the door, making sure no other bugs are around, before she finally enters and quickly shuts the gate, door, and locks it. Finally, we're on the prowl for any smaller bugs that happen to flutter past us and happen to fancy the lights in the kitchen. We usually keep one on so it'll be easier to find the little devils and kill them all with one final spray of Raid, followed by a swatting with kitchen towels designated for this job should they happen to survive the Rain of Raid.
Don't mess with Texas. XD