BedBugs. It's pretty simple and pretty devastating. Bedbugs are small creatures that come crawling up to feed on your body at night.
Bianca got biten first. She had red marks all over her body, we counted about 70 on the first day - the day i returned from California.
After catching a bug on the bed itself, we went to dennis (the guy who's subletting the room to me) and got a Vacuum and some anti-pest spray.
After thoroughly spraying the whole room, we went for some beer with theo and hoped to get a control of the situation...
but boy were we mistaken.
Next morning, Bianca looked like a piece of streuselkuchen and immediately left. I got something to eat with peter and discussed the situation with Dennis, who wanted to spray the room himself again and even installed a plastic sheet on the floor, effectively sealing it.
After a couple of night with nearly no sleep, i returned and read up on the topic on the internet (obviously) and after realising that most people needed a couple of professional exterminator session to get rid of them, my fear elevated.
I fell asleep at last, waking up sometime around noon the next day and felt ok. A couple hours later though, the itching began and small red marks kept showing up on my legs and my hands, and some other places that are awkward to think about.
So, when getting home that same day i decided to pack my stuff and leave the appartement. As i had a flight to toronto the next day, i had to hurry and i felt awkward, but it so didn't make sense to saty. I was already a nervous wreck with no hope to get any more sleep in that bedroom there.
Plus, they stick to your clothes and stuff and i don't want to bring them back wth me when i return.
So, here i am, in Toronto, in the Marriott hotel. Now with enough sleep to smile again and itchings but no fear of having a safe place to sleep...
There's more coming, about California and my two nice visitors, Peter and Bianca
oh, and if anyone happens to know a reasonably priced place in New York where i can stay and have my love come visit me, i am very much in need for one!
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Bianca got biten first. She had red marks all over her body, we counted about 70 on the first day - the day i returned from California.
After catching a bug on the bed itself, we went to dennis (the guy who's subletting the room to me) and got a Vacuum and some anti-pest spray.
After thoroughly spraying the whole room, we went for some beer with theo and hoped to get a control of the situation...
but boy were we mistaken.
Next morning, Bianca looked like a piece of streuselkuchen and immediately left. I got something to eat with peter and discussed the situation with Dennis, who wanted to spray the room himself again and even installed a plastic sheet on the floor, effectively sealing it.
After a couple of night with nearly no sleep, i returned and read up on the topic on the internet (obviously) and after realising that most people needed a couple of professional exterminator session to get rid of them, my fear elevated.
I fell asleep at last, waking up sometime around noon the next day and felt ok. A couple hours later though, the itching began and small red marks kept showing up on my legs and my hands, and some other places that are awkward to think about.
So, when getting home that same day i decided to pack my stuff and leave the appartement. As i had a flight to toronto the next day, i had to hurry and i felt awkward, but it so didn't make sense to saty. I was already a nervous wreck with no hope to get any more sleep in that bedroom there.
Plus, they stick to your clothes and stuff and i don't want to bring them back wth me when i return.
So, here i am, in Toronto, in the Marriott hotel. Now with enough sleep to smile again and itchings but no fear of having a safe place to sleep...
There's more coming, about California and my two nice visitors, Peter and Bianca
oh, and if anyone happens to know a reasonably priced place in New York where i can stay and have my love come visit me, i am very much in need for one!
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
