Round II

I was doing really well with my resolution. When I saw a roach I would remain relatively calm, back away, and ask Calum to remove it from the house. The only sticking point we had is that he wants to kill them once they are on the porch or they will come right back in. I stand inside and yell about how the roach shouldn’t have to die just because I’m afraid of it. He laughs. I lose because I’m too afraid to get near enough to save it. So I guess it does die because I’m afraid of it…

Anywho, I’ve been pretty darn proud of myself.

Flashback to yesterday evening…

Calum: That is the second roach in my room tonight.

Erika: They just love you so much. I haven’t had any in my room.

Calum: Haha. Just wait.

I think we all know where this is going.

Fast forward to an hour or so later and Scrm and I are watching a movie in my room. I feel something on my left arm and look over. There it is, chilling on my arm.

Pandemonium is about all that can describe it. I simultaneously begin screaming, throwing the left side of my body into the wall and hitting Scrm with my right arm. He cannot make out what I’m trying to communicate through my incomprehensible bellows. I jump up, try taking my shirt off but in my panicked frenzy I just get tangled up in it. Don’t ask why I thought the removal of my shirt would help the situation… it must be another wonderful component of my fight or flight reaction. 

After about a minute of running in circles in the living room I make my way to my bedroom door. Still screeching, I “instruct” Scrm to get the roach out of my room. He is laughing so hard he can’t stand up straight which only aggravates me further. At this point Calum has noticed the commotion and sticks his head out the door. Seeing the look of terror on my face and the manner of which my clothing is tied around my body he asks where the roach is. 

Note: Scrm is interested in me and since Calum and I live together and get along well he gets unreasonably jealous of him. 

So I calmly and rationally tell Scrm that if he cannot handle the roach himself I will send Calum in to help him. Yes, indeed I did question Scrm’s manhood as means to rid my room of a roach. Calum chuckles and goes in to help Scrm. I run into Calum’s room and barricade myself against the door. They find the roach and Scrm escorts him outside. Calum tells Scrm I don’t want it killed and Scrm just laughs as he walks away.

The only positive here is that I didn’t pee on anything or anyone. 

About twenty minutes later I enter the bathroom to use the facilities and I see a roach lying upside down in the shower. They do this all the time so that other living creatures don’t try to kill them. But I know better. I calmly enter my room and politely ask Scrm to remove the roach. He obliges and gets rid of it for me. No fuss.

I think I just really value personal space.