**mood: happy, excited...and strangely guilty
**noise: contractors putting on a neighbors roof
we have a yellow jacket problem. for the past 2 years they've come in swarms. i don't know what's up with this house, but for some reason, they like it. so much so, that the outside isn't enough, they also want to come inside. i don't know how. we don't have holes in our screens, but they find their sneaky way in. this summer, i've had enough. they have taken over the front porch...beware! so 2 days ago, i broke down and bought a yellow jacket catcher bottle thing. and for those past 2 days, i constantly go over to see how many i've caught, only to be disappointed. the thing is right next to the nest! i guess it's just not that enticing.
so, last night and this morning i sprayed the snot out of the nest. and just now, i went over to see the damage and noticed that inside the catcher bottle thingy is a lone yellow jacket. excitement and thrill spread through me. but then, guilt sank in. i just realized that the catcher thingy doesn't kill them. it just traps them. so instead of a quick death, the things going to starve to death. and this shouldn't bother me, right? i mean that stupid stinking stinging flying bug doesn't do me any good. it's not pollinating anything. it just wants to shack up on my house and sting me. so why do i feel guilty? i'm ridiculous.
i'm still going to let it starve. blasted bug. i'll just feel guilty the entire time.
**noise: contractors putting on a neighbors roof
we have a yellow jacket problem. for the past 2 years they've come in swarms. i don't know what's up with this house, but for some reason, they like it. so much so, that the outside isn't enough, they also want to come inside. i don't know how. we don't have holes in our screens, but they find their sneaky way in. this summer, i've had enough. they have taken over the front porch...beware! so 2 days ago, i broke down and bought a yellow jacket catcher bottle thing. and for those past 2 days, i constantly go over to see how many i've caught, only to be disappointed. the thing is right next to the nest! i guess it's just not that enticing.
so, last night and this morning i sprayed the snot out of the nest. and just now, i went over to see the damage and noticed that inside the catcher bottle thingy is a lone yellow jacket. excitement and thrill spread through me. but then, guilt sank in. i just realized that the catcher thingy doesn't kill them. it just traps them. so instead of a quick death, the things going to starve to death. and this shouldn't bother me, right? i mean that stupid stinking stinging flying bug doesn't do me any good. it's not pollinating anything. it just wants to shack up on my house and sting me. so why do i feel guilty? i'm ridiculous.
i'm still going to let it starve. blasted bug. i'll just feel guilty the entire time.
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I don't think I feel guilty though, you are so much kinder than me ;)