Travel Bug Chronicles

The mis-adventures of those living abroad who sometimes wish they weren't

Friday, November 07, 2003

Just Chillin' With The Roaches

I just have to share this story. It is classic me.

Last night, there were two HUMUNGOUS cockroaches in my room!!! It was so disgusting. George saw the first one by my closet and killed it with MY shoe...how nice. And then a little later I was standing by the bed and he shouts at me to move my foot. I was a little alarmed, so I jumped up on the bed just in time to see another roach crawl under my bed!!!

I ran to get the bug spray, peered under the bed and prepared to deliver my fatal blow of Raid. But we couldn't find the roach! It had disappeared. I don't understand how a 5 inch roach "disappears," but it did.

We spent about 30 minutes looking all over the room for it before I realized that the only place left where it could be was under the nighttable where the corners meet. So I sprayed under there and it ran out! EW EW EW!!!!!!!

The adrenaline must have kicked in because I sprayed about half a can of raid on that thing. It was actually swimming as it was trying to run around. Then it swam back under the nighttable and flippped over. Of course I left it to George to scoop up and flush down the toilet. How disgusting!!! Talk about an adrenaline rush!!

At 1:30 am, that is not exactly what you need to help you get to sleep. Instead, there I was running around my apartment in my pyjamas (t-shirt and plaid boxer shorts) wearing closed toe shoes and no socks. Who needs style when there are roaches to be killed?!?!?