A²C² canceled our evening section of Japanese 112. Tomorrow I will try to switch into the day section. The bad thing: I will not be taking Japanese with Gabe, who will be busy doing 12th grade during the day. The good thing: I will not be taking Japanese with Gabe.
Today, the third installment in our sequential progression of ant-sizes invaded in the usual spot--through the window sill by the kitchen sink. These ones were the biggest I’ve seen in multiple warm seasons of ant encroachment. Generally we have tiny little things, which--upon discovering my artfully presented Terro™ ant bait on cardboard squares--call about a million of their comrades, and swarm for roughly a day and a half. This year, after the first round of tiny ones, we got a set which was a little longer, and a little bigger. They still liked Terro™. But members of latest incursion are big--almost rice grain big--and they come more slowly and in smaller numbers. But they still like Terro™. The only advantage I can see to this stepping up in ant size, is that when the giant ones from the 1954 horror classic Them! come a’calling, there is little chance they’ll be able to squeeze between the wall outlet plate and the bead-board. They’ll have to settle for waving their antennae at me through the window, at which point I’ll bring out a five-gallon bucket of Terro™, and they’ll still be stuck shlurping one at a time. We aim to please, but I can’t lug a bathtub.
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NOT THAT I STALK YOUR BLOG but i have ants too! nuclear tropical ones that bite and can bore through several inches of concrete, to make that neat little anthill right there on your ceramic floor. powder detergent (unfortunatly, the neon colored variety will lots of smells and funky chemicals) is my last defense against them.
oh, and its tyler, bee tee dubs. i hope you you are healthy and well.
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