So maybe they aren't killer ants, and maybe they aren't even attacking me, but they are certainly pissing me off a great deal!
If you haven't already guessed it - we have an ant problem in our house.
A couple of months ago they invaded our kitchen and it took me a whole week of constant cleaning to get rid of them. Cleaning, spraying, and wiping away their little ant carcasses.
I must admit that I did begin to feel quite like the God of my little community. There they are minding their own business, going about the daily chore of building their communities and collecting food for the winter...then here comes God (me) and I wipe out the whole city because they crossed the border into my land.
Maybe the God analogy doesn't really work. I don't really believe that God is up there looking down on us, just waiting for mankind to screw up so he can wipe us out. No, that is more like the actions of a wicked President.
So I devasted the community the first time only to find that they are slowly, ever so quietly, invading my home. Last week I noticed a couple creeping around my bedroom. Why would they hang around my bedroom? And no, I don't have a little food stash under the bed. Last night I found them in the study creeping around my computer? Strange behaviour for ants, don't you think. I also saw 2 little guys walking over my books on my bedside table. Maybe these ants are of the literary variety?
I saw a little trail of them wandering around my husbands desk, and then some wandering around the bookcase. See, I told you...the literary kind?
I am beginning to feel like millions of ant eyes are watching my every move. No, I am not crazy, or paranoid, I just have a very vivid imagination. I can only imagine what they must be saying to one another "Yeh, look at her, that's the one. She wiped out my family in the massacre of April '05. She's nasty, you definitely don't want to cross her".
Last night I notice a little trail of ants marching across the range hood. I couldn't quite figure out their plan until I opened the cupboard and noticed that the trail ended at a box of cereal, and they proceeded to disappear inside. We hit the jackpot and the box of cereal is no more.
My husband went a little crazy with the ant spray but it seemed to do the job, it also seemed to have an intoxicating effect on us, but at least the ants are dead. Later that evening I wandered into the kitchen to view the devastation, only to find that there were a couple of survivors.
I felt terrible watching the chaos. We had hoped to wipe out the village but our plan failed. I watched as a survivor tried to comfort his buddy. It was too late for his buddy. I am sure he knew it, but it didn't stop him from throwing him over his shoulder and trying to find a safe escape route. I felt horrible. After 5 minutes of watching the behaviour patterns of these clever little guys it was time to call in the big guns. I couldn't let the dying ant suffer so I asked Joel to kill them both. Well, I couldn't let the survivor live, could I? How could he go on knowing that he was one of the few that survived the ambush? To have to live and carry all that guilt, remorse...in the end I do know that in all reality, all that really occurred, is that I disposed of a few ants that happened to wander into my kitchen.
End of story, or is it?
Urgh, ants! I spent a summer at my grandma's while they had an ant problem - I discovered too late that leaving candy out on the table in a bowl was stupid stupid - they really do taste like lemons, those ants..
Urgh!
Posted by: Idony | May 17, 2005 at 03:46 PM
I completely feel your ant problem and I have the only solution that works. I have recommended this to everyone that I know and it has worked for them too. There is a product on the market, only carried by your local hardware store. Is is a small bottle of gel that cost $3.00. You put the dime size squeeze on a small piece of aluminum foil and place it where the ants are. Leave the room and try to stay away so the ants have privacy and arn't scared off. Soon -within a few hours-they will start to feed. They take the food back to the nest and feed it to the queen and she feeds it to the colony and BOOM the entire colony is wiped out in 24-48 hours GUARANTEED. The product is called Terro and is in a orange box. Like I said very small bottle. Only like 1 or 2 ounces. My bottle has lasted 3 years for only $3.00. If you can't find it at your store, they have a website....www.terro.com- the item is "Ant Killer" I feel your pain, I called an exterminator, bought sprays and everything on the market until one day I finally decided to try the cheap stuff, it was amazing and has been the same miracle over and over again for everyone that I have recommended it to. Good Luck, let me know how it goes.
Posted by: Jaime Snyder | May 17, 2005 at 10:22 AM
One of my rellies has those in her house.. they draw blood when they bite little assholes!
Hope they learnt who's boss and dont send reinforcements
Snail
Posted by: AngrySnail | May 15, 2005 at 02:21 AM