roaches.

i love my apartment. i really do. its like a dormroom plus two! i have one room, a walk-in closet with built in furniture, and a tiny kitchen. its what i have dreamed about since i was a kid. i always valued self-sufficiency and efficiency. i always wanted to move everything i needed into my bedroom so i didnt have to hike it up and down stairs from room to room to do what i had to do. so my apartment is what i have always wanted. everything is a few footsteps away, i have room for all my stuff (well, almost) and i have it decorated all cool, just the way i always invisioned.

the only problem is the bugs. when i moved to this building i had no idea it was infested. i keep my place clean. i wipe up spills, i wash dishes when i use them, i vacuum and dust once a week. i take out the trash almost every day, i keep food in airtight containers or the fridge and i febreeze my furniture every morning before i leave the house. what more can a girl do? theres this really old blind guy that lives in the first apartment by the door and i swear his place is the nest of all the critters. they hang out on the OUTSIDE of his door, more than three at a time. roaches, just chillin there like its ok!! i am really sad cus i feel i have the perfect apartment in teh perfect location with affordable rent and no roommates, but now i really want to move.

i'm not comfortable using pesticides because i have two kittens (and because pesticides are neurotoxins, toxic to me as well). tomorow i am going to call my maintenance people and complain, then i am gonna call my realtor and ask about breaking my lease to move out. i am really mroe concerned with making sure i dont carry any pests to my new apartment when i do finally move (my lease is up in spring and my initial plan was to move to a three-room place in germantown at that time, this is still what i would really like to do but given the circumstances i dont know how to handle this). i am thinking i should probably rent a truck and put all my crap in there, then get an exterminator to bomb the truck, let it air out, then move in to my new apartment.

i guess i am just writing about this cus i am at my wits' end. i am as clean as i could possibly be. i bought some of those sonic pest repellers, i even put down that powder to kill em. i sprayed behind the stove and under the fridge (before i left for vacation and while the cats were away). and today i am chillin on my couch watchin adult swim and a baby roach starts crawlin up my wine glass! i know its gross, it grossed me out too. before this i had only seen bugs in my tiny kitchen, or sometimes on the ceiling where i couldnt reach em to kill em. but right on my couch, liiking at me like "can i get a sip?" ITS TOO MUCH!!