Tuesday, June 17, 2008

I'm Buggin'!

The pest company came over yesterday and basically told me I was imagining it being so bad.

I was reminded that our house has been "completely treated twice in the last year and it would be next to impossible for us to have jungle termites living in the walls". The guy insisted I must have let them in with me when we came home from the beach. So I signed the paper with his instructions on how to keep the flying termites outside.

So now being grumpy and questioning my own mental status - I ventured out to find those buggers!

By 4:00 I hit pay dirt! (more like sawdust really) I found crumbling walls and shelves with termites hard at work inside. Subterranean - type.

Of course - by then it was too late in the day for anyone to care. We're scheduled for first thing tomorrow.

I was pooped from my bug hunt and hadn't made any dinner - so we ate at Ruby Tuesday's. When we got home we were all scared to go in and find how the floor would look - but it stayed clear all night.
It was interesting though - when the air is off and the house is all quiet you can hear the walls being munched away. Kind of like the snap crackle pop of rice krispies.

2 comments:

kara jayne said...

I'm just glad you found something!! It's the worst to not know, and have to live with something! Good luck!

Sidney said...

Yea! I'm glad that you were RIGHT and the exterminators were WRONG! I'm not trying to be vindictive, but it is nice to know that you are not the one who is crazy!!! Looking forward to the continuing saga of the jungle termites...