anyway, i am quick to talk about all of the lovely aspects of living on a tropical island, but there are drawbacks. aren't there always?
kaia actually just came up to me and told me that while she was upstairs, a black bug was playing on her hand. she thought it was a "misskeeter". this is just normal to us now.
anyway, don't laugh. but, there is a cockroach in one of my kitchen drawers. seriously. it's trapped under 3 plastic baby cups with a heavy pint glass on top so that it cannot get out. i first saw this guy (UGH, it's hard to even talk about it!) over a WEEK ago. i opened the drawer, i saw it skittering around, i screamed bloody murder and slammed a cup over it. see, the thing about roaches in hawaii? they FLY! so, not only are you grossed out and disgusted? you have to worry that the stupid thing is going to fly in your face. which, omg. not happening. the other thing about roaches in hawaii? it's not like the mainland where you only find roaches in "dirty" places. no, here they are pretty much everywhere...clean, dirty and in between. luckily this is the first time i've had one IN THE HOUSE. i knew it was inevitable, but you're just really never prepared to see that.
so, a week ago, i slammed this cup over it. and then? i didn't touch it. i decided i would leave it there to die and then MAYBE i could stomach picking it up with about 70 billion papertowels in between it and my hand. if you are like some of my friends here, you might ask...kristin? why not just spray bug spray on the thing and kill it quickly? you know...so there's not a LIVE roach living in your kitchen? and my answer would be the same to you...because it's in the drawer with all my babies' cups and plates and bowls. have you ever tried to clean bug spray? i've had the unfortunate experience of having to do that here, only outside on the cement. and it is so GREASY and it never really goes away. and that just gives me even more heebie jeebies than the little dude himself. so, there he sat.
i thought i was being overly cautious by waiting a week. i mean seriously? it has no food, no water, no anything. so, yesterday i prepared myself with my giant wad of papertowels and lifted those cups up and the stupid thing starts crawling around! me: SCREAM! kaia: mommy, what's wrong? i wanna see! did you see a bug?! layla: mama ok? me: slam cups back down and slam drawer. how mature. i just cannot bring myself to deal with that thing while it is alive. so, here i sit...knowing that there is a roach in my kitchen drawer. somebody PLEASE send me a husband!
and, if you can believe it, the next category of complete and utter disgusting creatures that i see on a regular basis is WAY worse than the cucaracha. and i have a picture. of one IN MY HOUSE. my mom found it at about 11pm one night. i had gone upstair to go to bed. before i fell asleep, i went down the hall to check on the girls. as i was walking back to my room, i hear my mom: "i don't know what to do. i don't know what to do. omg, i don't know what to do." so, of course i come down the stairs. my mom is standing there holding a giant knife while wearing her pajamas and robe (which is oh so funny to me now!). anyway, when i got down the stairs, this is what i found. seriously you guys, it's so disgusting.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. i can hardly even look at it. ugh. anyway, everybody meet mr. centipede!! this one was about 6 inches long. the run SUPER fast and do NOT want to die. i will not bore you with the entire story of me and my mom finally killing and disposing of this thing. just know that it was disgusting and hilarious and LOUD. i still cannot believe this thing was in my house. it still creeps me out SO bad.
so, who wants to come visit?! :) aloha!
4 comments:
OMG Kristin! You crack me up! I would probably do the same thing if I found a large bug in my drawer too :). Still, I'd put up with that to live in Hawaii!
OMG I met one of these guys when I was staying at my girlfriends cousins house in Hawaii, and I completely know the kind of scream you are talking about!!!!!!! I was terrified to sleep on the floor!!!!
wait a minute...you forgot about the part when I was telling Noni to "kill it" or "get it"... lol Nonce tried his best and you're right, the disposal was not a pretty picture:)
Time to get a cat! I can ship you two of them. :)
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