New Encounters

Being in another country allows for many surprising encounters and, subsequently, new best friends. This past month I have had several surprise encounters with real and imagined bugs. The imagined bugs were causing a mysterious sound in my ear, which after awhile I attributed to clogged sinuses and pressure changes. The real bugs, however, were quite overwhelming. It goes to follow then that “Doom” has become my new best friend.

Several times this last month or two I have come home to find a busy trail of ants running amuck around my living room and in my kitchen. Swarming in one area, they carry some mysteriously delicious item back to their home before leading siblings back to the location of their initial enjoyment. Sometimes they amass to such a size--almost covering my kitchen floor! There is no way to stave them off at such numbers except by spraying Doom over the source of their revelry and sweeping them away during the subsequent mass exodus. I have also found that they are not afraid of heights, as one night they were partaking of some goods hidden behind the sconce on my wall. Another bug in my home, as of yet unidentified, seems unfortunately immune to Doom, the little guy leaves tiny white something’s all around one leg of my kitchen table. Since he has not migrated to any other location, I have not yet taken extraordinary measures of extermination. But, I am not fond of sweeping up his mess 3 times a day so I imagine those actions will soon be deemed necessary.

This is another new friend. Since he eats bugs,
I let him live behind my livingroom's window'curtain