6/6/06

June 6th, 2006

Not a good day for the superstitious.  Up at 6 a.m. also.  Hmm…hope this is not an omen.  As I make coffee, I notice the ants are still traipsing around my sink, looking for crumbs.  Take coffee to computer, look up natural ant deterrents.  Find that most require you to find the point of entry.  Stumble back into kitchen, with sleepy eyes watch ants march across my counter.  See they are disappearing somewhere above utensil drawer.  Other household members are still asleep.  With only lamplight, imagine I can bend down, open drawer, and see where they are coming in.  Surely near kitchen door.  Hit forehead with drawer point.  Eyes cross, but I am okay.  Close drawer, stand back up.  Watch ants proudly march again.  Sigh loudly.  Come back to computer and coffee. Make mental note to find entry point in full daylight and write “cloves” on store list.

Think about pending trip to Michigan to watch neice get married.  Think about tourists’ children being in emergency room due to black fly bites in area I will be visiting.  Weigh options.  1–Don’t go.  (Can’t not go!  Family will kill me!)  2–Go, but use commercial insect sprays on my young children.  (It didn’t hurt ME when I was a kid!)  3–Look up natural insect repellents, specifically black flies and mosquitoes.  (Can I trust something not strong to fully protect my babies?)  Quite the conundrum.  Don’t want offspring to have fever, vomiting, horrible cramps, etc…Question why neice couldn’t get married in the winter.  Decide to pack lots of INSIDE toys.  No outside toys.

Time for coffee refill.

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