I'm glad to be away from the cold and snowy spring season that New England is experiencing right now and lavishing in the semi warmth of North Carolina. But with that warmth comes my greatest fear. Let me tell and tale of my youth.
Growing up in VT eventually the weather got warmer and the snow melted away and everything started to thaw. That's when trees got buds, the ground was soft again and Ladybug awoke from wherever they were sleeping. They were delicate creatures that couldn't bear to slumber outside so they would gather along ceilings, window sills and corners of all rooms. They would gather in masses. TONS OF LITTLE LADYBUGS, Ewwwwww! I don't mind seeing one or two hanging around but to see a million little ANYTHING gives me the creeps. To terrorize me when we were younger my sister Melissa would take a pen and mark up the palm of her hand with what looked like a million little ball point pen marks. She would proceed to chase me around the house threatening to touch me with the hand as I screamed in terror. I just hate the sight of masses of little things. GROSS MAKE MY SKIN CRAWL HEEBY JEEBIES (sp?) I took the same point of view with the ladybug infestation. I went so far as to draw a few comic strips in High School where the ladybugs had acquired fangs and were hungry for brains.
Luckily in previous apartments and living in PA I didn't have to encounter these vile creatures during the spring thaw. Now that I'm dwelling in an old farmhouse in the middle of nowhere and spring is upon us I have become reacquainted with my enemy. There are ladybugs EVERYWHERE! All over the windows, ceilings, dead ones crunched in the carpet (Did I forget to mention the bathroom is carpeted?) I was standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes and all of the sudden I felt a slight plop on my head... LADY BUG DROPPED FROM THE CEILING! I was shaking my whole body like the harlem shake dance. I woke up this morning to find a couple of sleepy ladybug crawling at the foot of the bed. EWEWEWEWEEEWEWWEE.
I think the ladybugs must be on the verge of a nervous breakdown (much like myself) because I find them committing Hari Kari, essentially finding creative ways to end their tiny little lives. Maybe they can hear my inner thoughts....
Growing up in VT eventually the weather got warmer and the snow melted away and everything started to thaw. That's when trees got buds, the ground was soft again and Ladybug awoke from wherever they were sleeping. They were delicate creatures that couldn't bear to slumber outside so they would gather along ceilings, window sills and corners of all rooms. They would gather in masses. TONS OF LITTLE LADYBUGS, Ewwwwww! I don't mind seeing one or two hanging around but to see a million little ANYTHING gives me the creeps. To terrorize me when we were younger my sister Melissa would take a pen and mark up the palm of her hand with what looked like a million little ball point pen marks. She would proceed to chase me around the house threatening to touch me with the hand as I screamed in terror. I just hate the sight of masses of little things. GROSS MAKE MY SKIN CRAWL HEEBY JEEBIES (sp?) I took the same point of view with the ladybug infestation. I went so far as to draw a few comic strips in High School where the ladybugs had acquired fangs and were hungry for brains.
Luckily in previous apartments and living in PA I didn't have to encounter these vile creatures during the spring thaw. Now that I'm dwelling in an old farmhouse in the middle of nowhere and spring is upon us I have become reacquainted with my enemy. There are ladybugs EVERYWHERE! All over the windows, ceilings, dead ones crunched in the carpet (Did I forget to mention the bathroom is carpeted?) I was standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes and all of the sudden I felt a slight plop on my head... LADY BUG DROPPED FROM THE CEILING! I was shaking my whole body like the harlem shake dance. I woke up this morning to find a couple of sleepy ladybug crawling at the foot of the bed. EWEWEWEWEEEWEWWEE.
I think the ladybugs must be on the verge of a nervous breakdown (much like myself) because I find them committing Hari Kari, essentially finding creative ways to end their tiny little lives. Maybe they can hear my inner thoughts....
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