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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

So I’m sitting here, posting and emailing resumes and generally trying to get my kittens together, when Collections calls again to see if I can pay the rest of that ER bill from last Spring—actually there were two bills, one for my ER visit and one for Dylan’s plastic surgery to remove the remains of a tick—for which I can’t even remember if I was insured. I think I was still struggling to prove it amid one company canceling my policy (oops) and then scrambling to reinstate it… oh, hell, I don’t know why but I’ve been having the worst time coming up with the cash and I’m totally dreading having to go over the entire year with the Insurance company to get reimbursed. It’s a lot of money, so I will do it, just not now.

So I finally tell the lady, FINE, take it, here’s my routing and account information, take the whole thousand, I hope it clears, asshole, squeezing my eyes shut and rubbing my forehead. When I opened my eyes, there were a dozen little winged ants crawling up the french door three inches in front of my nose.

What the fuck? We took care of one pest issue after another, and have been battling flies the size of badgers as part of the maggot fallout, as it were, so we should be done, right? RIGHT?

Oohhhh, no, we’ve got a whole new type of ant…fly…thing. I grabbed the nearest cleaning substance (not really for cleaning but I do remember how it stings) and sprayed the crap out of the windows and then sat down and cried. Y’all must think I live in a pig sty. Not so. It’s a really great little house. I’m just a magnet for shit no one wants to deal with.

And now, having showered and put on my flannel pjs, I am retiring to Daphne’s room to stare at her serene, calming blue walls and read until Phil comes home.

I almost asked where the locusts were, and then remembered that they were all over the place at the Great Wall. *checks that one off the list*

said on...
08.27.08 at 04:24 PM |

Wine, you need wine! NOW! Or better yet, Vodka.

said on...
08.27.08 at 06:01 PM |

that sounds kind of like swarming termites. are you familiar with those?

Miranda Kuskie said on...
08.27.08 at 07:34 PM |

Sometimes when it rains it pours! I hate dealing with insurance companies and medical bills. I hope the nasty bug things get taken care of and go away REALLY soon, that is one thing I just don’t think I could deal with.

Sweet Serendipity said on...
08.27.08 at 08:38 PM |

Hate to say it, but those winged ant things do sound like termites. I had a swarm at an apartment I lived in. I woke up one morning and the were coming out of the window sills. Hundreds of them. I sprayed a can of raid and they kept coming. I ran over to 7-11 for two more cans of raid and after spraying both I’d finally killed all the suckers (that I could see anyway). It was freaky, like an Alfred Hitchcock movie. I’m sure I killed several brain cells in the process as well.
Sorry to hear you are having a crappy time of it. Sending you some luv and wishing for a brighter tomorrow for you!

mindy said on...
08.27.08 at 10:08 PM |

Hey everyone -

As much as I’d like to have a quick and easy answer, we’re sure they aren’t termites. Oh, we know from termites. My mom’s house is currently missing all the exterior stairs and half a porch and some siding because of all the termite damage that has to be repaired before the house can be sold.

These are really like ants, and I don’t know exactly what they are, but we are totally grateful not to be dealing with termites. Then again, with my luck, I’ll walk out to my driveway tomorrow to see an enormous termite mound blocking the car.

And anteaters crapping all over the lawn.

mindy said on...
08.28.08 at 02:49 PM |

Fuck a duck. They may be termites. But no one can tell me until they saunter over along about Tuesday.