danny’s space

this warm weather is annoying.. insects and other creepy crawlies (the emphasis on creepy), in a desperate attempt to get out of this unexpected heat wave, constantly invade the house now.. it’s probably partly our fault for not using that exterior surface spray thing, but with jaz busy licking and chewing everything within snout height that could get ugly..

so i walk into my room and switch on the light.. straight away this huge ugly moth bears down on me from the ceiling, decides that my face is actually not the source of light, and as in frantically duck out of the way in an attempt to avoid getting bombed with a zillion dirty moth scales, it zooms back up towards the ceiling towards the light that hangs from the centre of it..

now begins 15 minutes of activity that’s comparable with the amount of exercise i’ve done these holidays.. thinking i could whack the moth to death with a big wooden stick, i grab one from under my desk (don’t ask me why i have them there…) and wrap a tissue around the end.. but alas the moth has sensitive thingos on its antennae and detected the stick a mile off..

i bet it couldn’t beat a fine, gas-propelled mist of tasty baygon though

so for the next little while, we played a game of dodge.. i was actually the one doing the dodging - i hate moths, and their dusty scaly bodies and the crap that explodes off them every time they stupidly smash into the light or a wall.. so a few hundred bursts of baygon later, after leaving wet patches of insecticide on walls and fixtures where i sprayed a bit too fervently, it was moth down..

unfortunately my eyes and lungs took a hit as well - but hey, at least my nemesis for the night was obliterated.. i gingerly took 3 pieces of 2-ply tissue paper and wrapped the fat moth up, and threw it disgustedly into its plastic bag grave..

eww

on a slightly different note, holidays are ending, so sad.. back to uni tomorrow for another 4 weeks which will undoubtedly whizz by way too quickly - kind of good and bad, mostly bad.. but good because that means the big long holidays are coming up! but bad because it means assessments and stuvac and exams are hindering the onset of those much-needed holidays.. ah, the bludge that is to come..