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Mr. Algernon Vs. The Fleas
Oct. 15th, 2008 12:43 amIt sounds like a cheap pulp fiction novel, doesn't it?
A penny dreadful, even.
Yep.
And we're living it.
So far, there's been The Great Purge of stuff going straight into the dumpster, three hundred million loads of laundry, a brand new vacuum cleaner, all kinds of noxious chemicals (my least favorite part) and a cat quarantined to the bathroom.
Bathroom surfaces cleaned several times, too.
Oh, and I haz a carpet!
It's beige. No, seriously. There's carpet in my home and it is beige!
I know this because... I have SEEN IT!!
Not just in the living room, either. I saw carpet all over the bedroom floor!
And... and the books are no longer in the bed. They're stacked on the dresser, to be sure, but that means that the dresser was clear enough to... (gulp) polish it!
We tried the flea-soup trap, with a pan of soapy water and a light, and no matter where we put it... we had fleas in it.
Yeah, go ahead. Make with the shudder, it's creepy. I HATE those little buggers.
Now... we haven't attacked the Nest yet, and I'm very much afraid. But we'll get there. And when we have been successful in eliminating the unwanted pests...
I'm going to have a party. With foods. Maybe even a dinner party, but only if I can find a new location for the fish tank.
Free to a good home: Two pink chairs. They're in kind of sorry condition, and I cannot attest yet whether they were contaminated by flea... younglings. On the other hand, both of them were covered with STUFF during the infestation, so they're probably fine. I've offered them to several people and no one has actually taken me up on them.
I don't really need them, and I'm hoping to replace them with something that seats more humans.
I'm going to have a bunch of "free to a good home" stuff here in a minute. No, not flea-infested stuff. Good stuff, stuff that I like but am tired of storing. Stuff I'm uncovering during the Great Flea Battle of '08. Stuff that I can replace if I ever have a house in which to display it.
The stuff I can sell I'll slap up on Ebay. Maybe I'll post a list in here first.
Anyway, between this project, and the new secret project, and the Job Number One, Job Number Two and Job Number Three (all three of which I'm working this week... AUGH!) I'm kinda busy.
So um... Happy birthday to those who I might have missed or am about to miss.
I hope everyone is registered to vote. I'm not even sure I care who you vote for, as long as you exercise your right to vote.
I'll be especially disappointed in minorities and women who fail to exercise the right that our forebearers fought so hard to secure for us.
All you white guys can stay home (JUST KIDDING!!! Get out there and VOTE!)
I SLEEP NOW.
A penny dreadful, even.
Yep.
And we're living it.
So far, there's been The Great Purge of stuff going straight into the dumpster, three hundred million loads of laundry, a brand new vacuum cleaner, all kinds of noxious chemicals (my least favorite part) and a cat quarantined to the bathroom.
Bathroom surfaces cleaned several times, too.
Oh, and I haz a carpet!
It's beige. No, seriously. There's carpet in my home and it is beige!
I know this because... I have SEEN IT!!
Not just in the living room, either. I saw carpet all over the bedroom floor!
And... and the books are no longer in the bed. They're stacked on the dresser, to be sure, but that means that the dresser was clear enough to... (gulp) polish it!
We tried the flea-soup trap, with a pan of soapy water and a light, and no matter where we put it... we had fleas in it.
Yeah, go ahead. Make with the shudder, it's creepy. I HATE those little buggers.
Now... we haven't attacked the Nest yet, and I'm very much afraid. But we'll get there. And when we have been successful in eliminating the unwanted pests...
I'm going to have a party. With foods. Maybe even a dinner party, but only if I can find a new location for the fish tank.
Free to a good home: Two pink chairs. They're in kind of sorry condition, and I cannot attest yet whether they were contaminated by flea... younglings. On the other hand, both of them were covered with STUFF during the infestation, so they're probably fine. I've offered them to several people and no one has actually taken me up on them.
I don't really need them, and I'm hoping to replace them with something that seats more humans.
I'm going to have a bunch of "free to a good home" stuff here in a minute. No, not flea-infested stuff. Good stuff, stuff that I like but am tired of storing. Stuff I'm uncovering during the Great Flea Battle of '08. Stuff that I can replace if I ever have a house in which to display it.
The stuff I can sell I'll slap up on Ebay. Maybe I'll post a list in here first.
Anyway, between this project, and the new secret project, and the Job Number One, Job Number Two and Job Number Three (all three of which I'm working this week... AUGH!) I'm kinda busy.
So um... Happy birthday to those who I might have missed or am about to miss.
I hope everyone is registered to vote. I'm not even sure I care who you vote for, as long as you exercise your right to vote.
I'll be especially disappointed in minorities and women who fail to exercise the right that our forebearers fought so hard to secure for us.
All you white guys can stay home (JUST KIDDING!!! Get out there and VOTE!)
I SLEEP NOW.
