While in Nicaragua, our landlord sprayed our house for bugs because we had been having a problem with ants. Funny thing about these ants was they weren't in our sugar bowl or honey, but we kept finding them in our coffee maker reservoir.
Nicaragua is over-populated with over-sized bugs. LeErin almost slept with a millipede, we heard about huge centipedes, made friends with a scorpion, went to church with a ginormous beetle, were entertained by jumping bugs, and shared dinner with countless flies. Bugs were constantly around us. Yet, I did not see them to be a problem. The flies were certainly annoying, but the bugs were manageable. The barking geckos ate a good portion and none bothered me in my sleep. But I was excited to come home to a bug free house and generally less bug populated country.
When we walked in our front door we were greeted by 1 partially dead and 3 totally dead cockroaches. I was glad Kevin sprayed and happy to see the evidence of such, but was freaked to know that these guys had been hiding out somewhere in my home. But the following morning, the ants were still marching across our counter and now into our sugar. Last night I felt something crawling in my hair. I flung it on the ground and turned the light on to see a cockroach scurrying across the floor. Didn't get much sleep after that (despite my husband getting out of bed to kill it for me).
How is it that I stayed for 7 days surrounded by bugs with no real problems and now in my own home bugs are cuddling up with me at night? YUCK! I'll put up with the ants if I can get rid of the roaches. Apparently though roaches are a common problem in Georgia. Lovely.
Today I'll be purchasing roach and ant bate stations, seven dust, and whatever other cockroach killing products the store may offer. Maybe I'll even get a barking gecko. They seem to do the trick in Nicaragua.
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