One of these crazy old nights
- Driving home. Turn on my cell phone (it doesn't work in the office or my home anymore - all of 6 months old). Get a voicemail from a guy trying to invite himself to "visit" me. First of all, my home is a disaster (more on that in the next items). Second, I know what "visit" mean - and that ain't gonna happen. Not with him anyway. Annoyed that he doesn't leave a call back number - even though I wouldn't have called anyway. Double annoyed that he asks, for the billionth time, when I get off work - even though I've already answered that question the billion other times and the answer never changes... "9pm or later"!! Triple annoyed when I recall how each time I give that answer, he asks if I can leave early. Uh... hello... even if I could, I would not do so for you!! Stop at the drugstore & kill time to make extra-sure that I get home at an hour too late for him to "just stop by". Still pissed.
- Manage to keep Moshi inside the house as I go in. Turn around to lock the security door and see something odd at the top of the porch "roof". I can tell it's dark grey. Oh, wait... there's another one. They don't look spider related. Besides, I've had lots of spiders on the porch but never seen anything like those. I step outside and realize... wasp/hornet/yellow jacket nests!! Just the beginning - didn't see them this morning and they definitely weren't there 2 nights ago. By size, there is probably 1 flying stinging bug (if any) in each of them. I've had about 6 new stingy bugs show up in my backyard this summer. At least now I know where 1, maybe 2, is planning to live. Back to drugstore. Buy wasp/hornet/yellow jacket killer spray. Come home. Scare Boo & Moshi enough that I can open the security door without them running out it. Spray down the nests. Pray that kills at least a couple of the bugs (supposed to keep working for a few days). Wonder where the rest of the stingy bugs are living... and if I'm going to find that out the hard/expensive way (massive nest in the attic or, worse, one of the cats (Moshi) pissing off a hive and getting repeatedly stung).
- Realize the bathroom, again, smells like cat pee. Appreciate that Moshi is trying to follow my example in room selection. Annoyed that I don't know exactly where he's doing it so I have to spray pretty much the entire room with 409 & odor neutralizer.
- Discover that Moshi and I have a communication problem. As I sit on the bed and he walks around mewing. I think he's asking for petting. I indicate to come up on the bed. He was actually asking where, since I won't let him outside, he should pee. We go through this twice. LOTS of yelling on my part.
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(shouting through bullhorn)
STEP AWAY FROM THE NESTS.
REPEAT. STEP AWAY FROM THE NESTS.
DROP ALL WEAPONS AND PROCEED NATURALLY.
DROP ALL WEAPONS AND PROCEED NATURALLY TO THE NEAREST BOMB SHELTER.
I know I've seen wasps go into the plant just to the right of the porch - and stay in there long enough for me to suspect a mud hut is somewhere in there. But, as it's only been 1 or 2 wasps, I haven't been concerned.
New stingy & aggressive bugs (hornets and/or yellow jackets - I dunno the diff) - and nests being built on my porch are an entirely different matter!
I got the spray that shoots 20's so, with any luck, I'll figure a (safe) strategy for killing any flying bugs over the weekend. That will also tell me if I've only been seeing the same 3 or of each type bug - or only 4 at a time. Eegads!
2) Eeek!! Wasps!
3) Ick. Cat Pee.
4) We should invent a cat to human interpretor device. =D