Let me tell you the horror that has been my life for the last almost 2 months and the nightmare that has been since Monday & hopefully ends Tuesday.
I've been posting about how I have these bug bites. Tons of them. My legs, my arms, my back & my left butt cheek. I've been living in Off & Neem spray. I have stopped walking in the grass, I spray up nekkid, I have been wiping myself down with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol & Witch Hazel. I have been a big pink blob from calamine lotion. The way the bites look, they point to chiggers. I'm thinking with the hot & humid weather we've been having, the bugs have been out of control. The mosquitoes have always liked me more than others, so this is what I've been attributing it too.
I didn't want to think it could possibly be the worst thing ever. It was suggested to me, more than once, that maybe it's bed bugs. No, I moved a plant around, I saw baby spiders, it's spider bites. I've cleaned, dusted, wiped things down, slept in bug spray, you name it, I was still getting them. Itching, scratching, terrible. Itching is a pleasurable experience. I can't tell you how good it feels - eyes rolling back in your head it feels so good. On the down side, they itch so badly that they scab up. I haven't been able to shave my legs & my arms, well, I look like a doper.
I started pulling my sheets up, at all hours, checking the seams, crawling across my mattress with nothing on it. I didn't see anything, it's not bed bugs......
This past Monday Jay grabbed a tissue & there was a bug on it. So he looked it up & said it looked like a bed bug. I disagreed, I had checked at least 20 times, at all hours. I saw nothing. So we ate dinner & I asked him to help me pull my bed away from the wall. Let the nightmare begin.
There was a cluster. Two of them at the head of my bed, between my mattress & box spring. It gets worse. One on his side, two more on mine & one at the bottom of my bed. I had a melt down. A big melt down. I am so thankful Jay was here to help me because physically I was not capable. He helped me strip the bed & bag my sheets, bed skirt & comforter up. He helped me vacuum & move stuff. I called the maintenance number after I calmed down some. I announced who I was & asked who I was speaking to. Then I asked if there had been any complaints about bed bugs. There was a real long pause & I got a "yeeesssssss". I said well I have them too. I was told there was an exterminator coming Thursday (yesterday) & I would be added to the list.
Jay & I went & dried my sheets, then washed them, then dried everything again. Before we left, we hosed my bedroom down with 91% Isopropyl alcohol. It was so strong. We got home & put the clean sheets back on. Took showers, again & went to bed. It was the first time in a month I didn't wake up with new bites.
Wednesday morning I went to the office to the office to tell them what I discovered. I offered to show them all my areas of bites, including my butt cheek. I was told the exterminator was only coming Thursday to assess 4 & 4N. There are 12 apartments in my building. I happen to be 5N. Right next to 4N. 4N being the Conspiracy Theorist & his skank bitch girlfriend. I asked at the office if it was his apartment but she couldn't tell me, but then she did admit it started in his. Fucker. WE SHARE A FUCKING WALL!!!!
That afternoon the entire building got letters with instructions for Tuesday, 7/26. They are going to bomb every apartment. We have specific instructions as to what we have to do, before & after. It's a nightmare. Early Thursday morning, I was awake about 3am & my arm & side of my foot were itching, bad. PANIC!!! I turned my light on & whipped my sheets off my bed & I saw it. It was trying to get away. I ran to get my spray bottle of alcohol, it kills them instantly. I sprayed it & saw another on my bed skirt & sprayed that one. Then all my sheets came off and I checked all around again. I sat on my floor crying in the middle of the night, checking. I only found one more. Now you should know, I have been constantly spraying & checking. I lifted & checked between my mattress & box spring 4 times that day. The facts Jay read said they will travel up to 20 feet for a meal. Awesome. You should also know that before I went to bed that night I sprayed my couch, again. There hasn't been any evidence there, precautionary. I also sprayed my stairs & the shared wall between me & the scumbags. The smell of alcohol was strong. It was awful, it's been awful.
I went back to the office yesterday & explained that I'm completely skeeved
I finally calmed down yesterday & started checking for hotels nearby that allow pets. I saw that a Days Inn 15 miles away took them but there is a Days Inn 4 miles down the road from me. I called, just to see, because it didn't say. They have rooms they allow pets in. In talking with the lady, she bred & raised boxers (Hailey is a boxer) and we got to chatting. She even worked it that I can check in early if the room wasn't occupied the night before since I don't know when the exterminator is coming. HUGE relief. I have somewhere safe & cool where my animals can be. This allows me to go do a whole crap load of laundry. Because I have the room until Wednesday, that allows me to come & clean after the exterminators leave.
Before they come I have to move everything away from the walls, vacuum, put stuff away, put food away, bag up everything, wash it & dry it. After they leave I have to vacuum everything again & wipe everything down. I'm glad my animals will be somewhere that I can get the joint cleaned up before they come home.
This is an awful nightmare. I know it's not that I am dirty, but it certainly makes me feel that way. I slept part of the night on my couch last night. At about 3:30am, I went to my bed, but I lifted, checked & sprayed & I slept on top of my covers. I have the creepy crawlies. I just checked a little while ago & found one between the mattress & box spring. It's hard, I have a king size bed & it's heavy to lift by myself. I do know the #3 apartments have "house guests" too. I'm not sure about #1s of #2s. I know the #6s don't. I didn't have many, but enough to make me feel devastated. I despise the Conspiracy Theorist & his skank bitch girlfriend. They hang out in infested projects in the next town over & since they are scumbags, what would make them think having bites was anything but normal?
I cleaned out my living room closet tonight. I have stuff stacked on my kitchen table. Tomorrow will be my bathroom closet & the beginning of my bedroom closet, which is huge. That will be good. I've been meaning to bag up clothes to donate. Don't worry. If you use BLACK garbage bags & allow them to sit in the sun for a few hours, it kills the bugs. I have to bag up dog & cat toys, their beds, pretty much everything. I don't know if the bombing will work. I don't know if there is follow up treatment. I don't really know much of anything
