What is up with you folks?! Now I am going to be seeing all manner of icky bugs in my dreams.

I did not need to know that there are giant frog eating bugs nearby. Denial is my friend.

Juliebird, I fitted a lightweight cat door ($5+shipping, iirc) into the screen of the window that I had been leaving open for the cats to go in and out of, and it has cut down quite a bit on the indoor bug population, even though I still leave the back door wide open most of the time.

I couldn't sleep just now but before I came downstairs, I was telling Joe that I didn't want to because I was sure I'd see roaches downstairs. We had an exterminator but he scared the crap out of me because, without saying anything about what he was going to do, he opened all our cupboards (like, where our plates and pots and pans are) and just started spraying. It did drastically reduce the roach sightings, but I decided I'd rather live with roaches the dishes sprayed monthly with chemicals.

We do, however, have roaches in our car due to all the food the kids drop in there. Really gross, I think, but fairly common among my friends here.

Just like there are no cats in America, I'm confident there are no roaches in Colorado.

I fitted a lightweight cat door ($5+shipping, iirc) into the screen of the window that I had been leaving open for the cats to go in and out of, and it has cut down quite a bit on the indoor bug population, even though I still leave the back door wide open most of the time.

Ooh, thanks -t, I was thinking about doing that but wasn't sure how to go about it. I was just gonna slash some flaps in the screen since it's already busted a bit.

I need to find/make a screen curtain for the front door because I too leave it flung open (I love it!)

Just like there are no cats in America, I'm confident there are no roaches in Colorado.

Heh-- that was one of the funniest thing about a pair of Florida kids moving to Cleveland-- Lewis and I were mystified by the tiny things that people called roaches and when the weather guy declared it a "very high humidity day" and followed it with "fifty-nine percent," we about fell off the sofa laughing.

Of course, our NE Ohio friends got to laugh right back at us that winter when, on the first night the temperatures were scheduled to dip really low, we called to ask if we needed to leave the faucets dripping and they couldn't figure out why. When we explained, they laughed their asses off-- hey, how were we supposed to know that in the northern part of the country they bury the pipes below the frost line? In Florida, you dig that deep and you wind up with a swamp.

Cilantro story in the sun today!

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Am very tired. My one cat has gotten into the bad habit of waking me up at 5 in the morning. Just to hang out. Plus I was up late getting ready to go to Chicago tonight so I can pick up my boyfriend and bring him back home to live in MY HOUSE! Whoa.

Wheee!

I can't sleep for shit any more, and it's really a problem.

Also, my boss is determined to "fix" our department meetings, and it's going to be the death of me. Do we need to be engaged? I think we just need to be updated. Also, yelling at people doesn't make them want to participate more.

I'm supposed to be writing a digital video guide for a sales team training session next week. Don't wanna. Need motivation.

I was in about 8:15 this morning. Have I gotten a bunch done? nsm, but 2 things are off my desk, so that is something.

Now must track down an invoice that I have no recollection of and the vendor has called twice.