And the Ugly

It's dead. I smashed it with my shoe.

Soooooo... Sorry to show you these nasty buggers, but the brownstone next door to us (that we share a wall with) was recently sold, and now starting at 8am M-F there is construction going on over there. I am pretty sure that between that and the recent drop in temperature, these fuckers have been looking for new tenants to bug (PUN INTENDED!), and since we share a wall with their former home, we are the (un)lucky winners. Since last Fri, I have killed four of these nasty-ass things (unsure whether they're cockroaches or waterbugs) and they are HUGE. I mean, at least as long as my pointer finger huge. And they're pretty damn fast.

This was the first one I killed (luckily, I've killed all the ones I've seen. Doesn't mean there aren't others lurking around that I DON'T see, but at least there are none that I KNOW OF). It was crawling along the wall in our hallway when I got home from work last Friday. It scared the crap outta me, but I quickly went into my bedroom, took off my shoe, and went back out there to smash it's stupid face into oblivion. I mean, it's big enough that if I were to try to flush it before I knew it was dead, I'd feel uncomfortable using the toilet...

The second one, Queen Izzy alerted me to later that night. It WENT INTO MY CLOSET. Needless to say, I removed everything from the floor of my closet, but still couldn't find it. Luckily, a bit later, the Queen seemed particularly interested in a pile of my clothes, so I grabbed the shoe, moved the clothes and smashed the shit outta it.

The third popped out at me while I was peeing. WHILE I WAS PEEING. Ya know, no biggie, just crawling along the bathroom floor, so, once again, I ran to my room, grabbed my shoe and smashed the little bugger.

The last one the Queen discovered, once again. It was in the kitchen, and at first it escaped under the kitchen cabinets, so I gave it a few minutes and when I came back into the kitchen Izz was fascinated by the recycling boxes, so I grabbed my shoe, moved the box and went to work. The Queen wins.

Also, Buggers:0 Gina(/Izzy): 4

I hope there are no more giant-ass bug surprises, but if there are, I think The Queen and I have it in hand (or in paw. Or really, in CLAW--HAHAHAHAHAHA). Suck it bugs! We don't want your kind around here!

*****Update: (Do not click if the picture above made you squiggy) Definitely a cockroach. YUCK!!!!!*****