Day 10
Well, Days 3 to 10 were uneventful, more laundry, more Alcohol, more DE always more, more, more. We did not see any adults so assumed that all we were doing was working. The DE dust remained everywhere in the bedroom, daily washing of all bedding and still trying to make sure we have them contained.
Oh Dear God!!! I read that Bed Bugs can lay eggs in human hair!!! Crap..Holy Crap..CRAP!!! Now what? Get out the flea comb.... everyone needs a good combing right? Nothing absolutely nothing... well a few specs of dandruff that got smashed between my now ragged finger nails... just because they were white. What if I missed something... Alcohol that is what I will do....
I gathered all the ingredients by the sink. Comb? Check. Bottle of 91% alcohol? Check. Fresh towel from the dryer? Check. Ok ready... I'm going in... there will be NO BED BUGS in my hair... not now, not ever. I leaned over the sink and poured 1/2 a bottle over my head. The room went white. I can't breathe! Not even enough air to inhale! Oh so this is what the Bed Bugs feel when I spray... YAY.... STAND UP YOU FOOL!! STAND UP. Whirling around tears in my eyes, my nose on fire from some unseen source, I gasped for air. My lungs began working in spasms trying to expel the fumes from it and bring in the much needed oxygen to continue. Finally.... Finally. the room stopped spinning and returned to its former colorful glory. OK now what? Better run the comb through and make sure every strand gets coated. There will be no BED BUGS in my hair, EVER... die bastards die!! Um what is wrong? The comb tries to go through something that feels like straw on my head. Yikes, this stuff is harsh on a mane that needs constant conditioning. Maybe this was not my best idea of date? Hummm well now what? Wash it out, that will do it. I rinsed, stood up to get some breath, rinsed again and again and again. Ok so what happened to my hair? It use to feel like hair? SHIT!!!! it turned to straw!!! Now this must be some magical alchemy of sorts turning human hair to straw. If I can just figure out the formula for gold we will never have to worry again!!
Well, I'm happy that we had just bought an economy sized bottle of extra virgin olive oil for the Challah Dough used in our home made cinnamon rolls. Sigh.... a quarter of a bottle later, I smelled something like a salad dressing in progress, put a plastic bag on my head, tied it off then a towel. If I hadn't had to move the car no one would have even known. Sneaking out to move the car the neighbors little girl looks at me and exclaims.... "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR HAIR??!!" Sigh.... I decided upon only a portion of the truth explaining, "Oh I decided to give it a hot oil treatment". She smiled at the thought of how well I take care of myself. Later I treated my Partners hair by holding her head BACK, face upturned to the fresh air as the Bug Killing vapors dissipated toward the floor. Then conditioned her hair with our normal conditioner. Oh how I admire hair that is not so dry and brittle that it needs daily attention.
Dogs got a bath today with prescription strength flea shampoo. Now this will not kill any Bed Bugs but it will help me feel better for a day while there are so many other things to do. Checking their bedding thoroughly there were absolutely no signs of bugs, this does not mean they are not there however. So all bedding was removed washed or replaced, flea spray sprayed in their kennels after washing then left to dry while the bedding finished. Well I feel better about that now but still... think in the next few days I will DE them too, leave it on while they are outside to run then bathe them again. Bathing the dogs outside is cheap neighborhood entertainment. The neighbors come out onto their porches to watch, not believing that my dogs just stand there enjoying their full body massage. We finished up with giving their ears a good cleaning with olive oil and that chore was finished. After changing my clothing, they are well behaved but enjoy making sure I get a bath along with them, the household chores continued.
Still woke up with tiny bed bugs in the bed this morning. How in the hell are they getting to us? I think tonight we will set the alarm for 4am and just see what is really going on. Great news though, nothing moving anywhere close to breeding size so we have them on the run. Now to kill the Children and Grandchildren. NO BED BUGS WILL SURVIVE this is an EXTINCTION event!!
6/21/2013
Well, Days 3 to 10 were uneventful, more laundry, more Alcohol, more DE always more, more, more. We did not see any adults so assumed that all we were doing was working. The DE dust remained everywhere in the bedroom, daily washing of all bedding and still trying to make sure we have them contained.
Oh Dear God!!! I read that Bed Bugs can lay eggs in human hair!!! Crap..Holy Crap..CRAP!!! Now what? Get out the flea comb.... everyone needs a good combing right? Nothing absolutely nothing... well a few specs of dandruff that got smashed between my now ragged finger nails... just because they were white. What if I missed something... Alcohol that is what I will do....
I gathered all the ingredients by the sink. Comb? Check. Bottle of 91% alcohol? Check. Fresh towel from the dryer? Check. Ok ready... I'm going in... there will be NO BED BUGS in my hair... not now, not ever. I leaned over the sink and poured 1/2 a bottle over my head. The room went white. I can't breathe! Not even enough air to inhale! Oh so this is what the Bed Bugs feel when I spray... YAY.... STAND UP YOU FOOL!! STAND UP. Whirling around tears in my eyes, my nose on fire from some unseen source, I gasped for air. My lungs began working in spasms trying to expel the fumes from it and bring in the much needed oxygen to continue. Finally.... Finally. the room stopped spinning and returned to its former colorful glory. OK now what? Better run the comb through and make sure every strand gets coated. There will be no BED BUGS in my hair, EVER... die bastards die!! Um what is wrong? The comb tries to go through something that feels like straw on my head. Yikes, this stuff is harsh on a mane that needs constant conditioning. Maybe this was not my best idea of date? Hummm well now what? Wash it out, that will do it. I rinsed, stood up to get some breath, rinsed again and again and again. Ok so what happened to my hair? It use to feel like hair? SHIT!!!! it turned to straw!!! Now this must be some magical alchemy of sorts turning human hair to straw. If I can just figure out the formula for gold we will never have to worry again!!
Well, I'm happy that we had just bought an economy sized bottle of extra virgin olive oil for the Challah Dough used in our home made cinnamon rolls. Sigh.... a quarter of a bottle later, I smelled something like a salad dressing in progress, put a plastic bag on my head, tied it off then a towel. If I hadn't had to move the car no one would have even known. Sneaking out to move the car the neighbors little girl looks at me and exclaims.... "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR HAIR??!!" Sigh.... I decided upon only a portion of the truth explaining, "Oh I decided to give it a hot oil treatment". She smiled at the thought of how well I take care of myself. Later I treated my Partners hair by holding her head BACK, face upturned to the fresh air as the Bug Killing vapors dissipated toward the floor. Then conditioned her hair with our normal conditioner. Oh how I admire hair that is not so dry and brittle that it needs daily attention.
Dogs got a bath today with prescription strength flea shampoo. Now this will not kill any Bed Bugs but it will help me feel better for a day while there are so many other things to do. Checking their bedding thoroughly there were absolutely no signs of bugs, this does not mean they are not there however. So all bedding was removed washed or replaced, flea spray sprayed in their kennels after washing then left to dry while the bedding finished. Well I feel better about that now but still... think in the next few days I will DE them too, leave it on while they are outside to run then bathe them again. Bathing the dogs outside is cheap neighborhood entertainment. The neighbors come out onto their porches to watch, not believing that my dogs just stand there enjoying their full body massage. We finished up with giving their ears a good cleaning with olive oil and that chore was finished. After changing my clothing, they are well behaved but enjoy making sure I get a bath along with them, the household chores continued.
Still woke up with tiny bed bugs in the bed this morning. How in the hell are they getting to us? I think tonight we will set the alarm for 4am and just see what is really going on. Great news though, nothing moving anywhere close to breeding size so we have them on the run. Now to kill the Children and Grandchildren. NO BED BUGS WILL SURVIVE this is an EXTINCTION event!!
6/21/2013
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