Roaches Marching
Jul 16th, 2006 at 8:15 am by Susie
In the past month, the fact became unavoidable: I have roaches. I thought I only had the big, fat black waterbug kind, but this morning I checked the roach motels (Guess what? They really do check in, and they really don’t check out) and I discovered two of the small brown German kind.
For a moment, I felt bad. What if this had been a committed roach relationship? After all, a Saturday night date implied it. “Listen, baby, I reserved a room for a little getaway - HBO, all the crumbs you can eat, running water…”
But then I thought about all the baby roaches they’d inevitably produce, and it didn’t bother me anymore.
Which reminds me: My astrologer friend April had a little come-to-Jesus talk with me recently about cockroaches, and my habit of falling in love with them - metaphorically, not the real kind. Specifically, she was talking about my heavy lineup of planets in Scorpio and said that for all practical purposes, that’s how I relate to people - that I will always be attracted to that deep, twisted Plutonian murkiness, and that my gift is the ability to love that in people.
However, it hasn’t worked out too well for me, which she pointed out.
“We live in a world that contains both kittens and cockroaches,” she said. “And while anyone can love a kitten, it takes a Scorpio to love a cockroach.” She suggested that perhaps I could transfer that deep understanding of and empathy for our darker natures to something more productive, like being a private detective (done that), investigative reporter (done that) or maybe working with the lepers. (See: Ex-boyfriend.)
Thank God for Resolution No. 2. Hopefully, by the next one, I’ll be ready for a pussycat.
With any luck, the cat will like to eat cockroaches.
2 words: boric acid
Boric acid works and it is probably a good choice for a person who is conscientious about their home environment. It’s application can be limited to where the critters may enter and exit , i.e. less is sometimes more.
Hee, I was doing a search about cockroaches on google and came across this entry. It made me laugh out loud I related to it so much.
Oh and boric acid does not work on mine, nor does extermination, raid, bleach or squishing.
amie, the boric acid needs to be kept dry, and plumbing leaks inside the walls won’t help eradicate the roaches, bitch at your landlord
more than you’ll ever want to know about how to get rid of roaches