Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.

'Hell Bound'


Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Liese S. - Sep 12, 2012 6:19:02 pm PDT #20111 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Okay, first off, yes it may be a phobia, but it may also be a totally normal reaction. Either way it's one that I had, down to the crying.

I had to deal with it twice. Once in the mission house, where they basically took over the whole house. I was in total denial about that whole thing, and later the roof fell in and sparks burst from the outlets, so it wasn't going to be a fixable situation anyway.

But just this summer, when I came home, they weren't even in the house, but they had taken up residence on my deck, under my woodrack and in my filter and some cloths that were lying out there. Even outside, it was completely awful to clean it up, and I wore gloves and one of those little dust mask thingies, and I still had lost my shit enough to yell at the poor unsuspecting Schwans man when he tried to come to the door in the middle of me dealing with it all.

So.

Perfectly natural response.

Now, about the health stuff. This is the uncomforting thing that the doctor told me when I got bitten by the mouse, back in the infested house days. If the mice that were in the drawer had Hanta, you would have already died from it. The fact that you are still alive means that they didn't, so while it is nasty and dirty and yuck, it is probably not going to hurt you in any longlasting way. And now you've done it. So go you!


P.M. Marc - Sep 12, 2012 6:20:00 pm PDT #20112 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Pix, this is a natural response to an infestation in your own space.

It's pretty awful, but it's not ridiculous. Don't let yourself think it's ridiculous.


Sue - Sep 12, 2012 6:21:57 pm PDT #20113 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Pix, I have been there and done that. Mouse invasions are just gross.


Steph L. - Sep 12, 2012 6:23:53 pm PDT #20114 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Take a Xanax if you need to. And be upset if you need to. Trying to *not* be upset makes it worse, in my experience. And how you feel is totally legitimate and a natural response, like Liese and Plei said.


Pix - Sep 12, 2012 6:29:24 pm PDT #20115 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.

Thanks. I really can't tell you how helpful it is to just get that affirmation. I t heart Buffistas.


le nubian - Sep 12, 2012 6:29:55 pm PDT #20116 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Pix,

I would lose my everloving shit and I have no known phobias of which I'm aware.


le nubian - Sep 12, 2012 6:30:49 pm PDT #20117 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

In fact, I think I would have a "kill it. kill it with fire" reaction.


Pix - Sep 12, 2012 6:31:19 pm PDT #20118 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.

I kind of did want to take a blow torch to the kitchen, honestly.


Pix - Sep 12, 2012 6:31:19 pm PDT #20119 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.

But not enough to say it twice. Oops.


Dana - Sep 12, 2012 6:31:31 pm PDT #20120 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Note: Please do not kill your house with fire.