Sleeping Beauty Barricaded

I never knew I had a phobia until I opened my door yesterday morning. Saturday found me in a very good mood. I had actually gone to bed at a decent time friday. I still woke up way too early but that was OK. I read a couple of pages of my boring book. That book puts me to sleep every time. It has been a month since I started reading this book which surely is a record. My average reading time is 3 days and that is when I am really busy. I played on the web, downloaded my shows, watched some Dexter, skyped a little bit ... At about midday I decided that a trip to the supermarket was needed. I think I've forgotten what fruit taste like and I could feel it. So I got all dolled up, put on the shoes, grabbed my purse and opened my door and slammed it back in the same motion. Wow, there were about a million dead cockroaches in front of my door.
If I knew how to hyperventilate I think that was exactly what I would have been doing. When the exterminator came in the morning to spray the complex for ants he didn't tell me that also meant cockroaches. I called about everyone on my list to tell them to come and clean them up and every single one of them laughed at me. I kid you not, I was feeling all their ghosts crawling all over me. Shaking and twisting I sat at the bar staring at the door hoping and praying none would come wandering in. I noticed some of them were not completely dead.
One hour went by and I was still barricaded in my house. No way was I going out there. Someone needs to come rescue me. Sleeping Beauty complex? I don't know, all I know is that those things are gross.
Finally with Rosa on the BB and a broom in the other hand I chanced opening the door. Two hours had gone by and the bar stool was getting a bit hard on the butt. It took a lot of screaming a lot of shivering and a lot of courage to sweep those cockroaches in the hole. Twenty of them. I counted. Twenty big ones ... and still I waited on my friend to come get me.

Oh and let's not forget the centipede that came running up to the door when I finally got rescued. That is a story for another time.

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  1. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    Tell me - what is this rubbish book you couldn't read?!? i want to make sure i dont pick it up.

    Those little cockies wont hurt you love....they might only take a little nibble wont eat much.

    J x

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