Jake & Diana are having a baby boy!
I’m not making this stuff up. “Super Termites” is the term used by the LSU Ag Center. We had our first experience with them last night. About 8:00, just as it was starting to get dark, I decided to go for a run. I walked out the back door (where there are no lights), and as I was walking towards the street I felt a bug fall on my shoulder. Ugh…gross. I quickly brushed it off, and then vigorously brushed myself off all over, just for good measure (I promise I didn’t look like I was having some kind of psychotic fit or anything). When I got out to the street and started running, I noticed that there were more bugs out than usual. Now, I’m from the South, I’m used to bugs especially in the evenings, so at first I just swatted them away and kept running. (Keep in mind, all of this is taking place over the course of MAYBE a minute or less). Then I looked up… The streetlights were COVERED with huge swarms of bugs. All of a sudden everything I had been told about swarming termites came rushing back to me. In the midst of trying to run and breathe with my mouth closed so that I didn’t ingest any of the little critters, I realized that running was just a bad idea tonight. So I turned around (I had gone maybe a quarter of a mile) and sprinted back to the house, meanwhile trying to only breathe out (and by breathe I mean more of a spewing, spitting action to get the stupid termites out of my face). When I got back to the apartment, I walked into the bedroom, after explaining to Jake what had cut my run short, and there they were…coming in through the window around the air conditioner. I went on a rampage with the Raid, running around like a mad-woman to every window in the house distributing the poison so that if the little jokers tried to come in MY windows, they had nothing but death awaiting them. And then, as I had been instructed, I turned off every light in the house, save for a small lamp in the bedroom so that we didn’t run into walls or furniture or anything. I’ve done a little reading about the New Orleans termite issue today, and it’s not encouraging. To quote an article from the LSU ag center,
“Termites swarm in such large numbers in the New Orleans area during this time of the year they may be referred to as a “Mothers’ Day Snow Storm,” Ring says. “There can be so many flying termites around lights that they cause Little League baseball games to be stopped,” Ring said, explaining, “Swarms are larger in the port cities like New Orleans and Lake Charles, because Formosan subterranean termites have had more time to build larger colonies.”
Nice, huh? Makes you want to live in New Orleans, doesn’t it? You should go read the whole article. I would have posted pictures, but they’re just such gross, wormy little bugs, I decided to spare you. You can thank me later.
At least you only had them coming in from only 2 windows. How did your foyer look this morning? Normally, it looks like a termite burial ground where the whole floor is covered in little termite carcases.
Glad you got to experience one of New Orleans’ little pleasures!
Dave
Welcome to New Orleans…I would like to tell you that it gets better but I can’t lie.I promise they eventually go away!
I need something new to read…. Im caught up on both you guys and jennie. It’s definetly time for you to post something new. Im getting bored at work!!! haha!!
Hope you two have a good week!!!
Zach and I experienced something like that when we went running one morning. It was either termites or flying ants. All I know is that they where nesting in zachs hair, and he was pitching a fit.
Sorry to hear about the termites- that is about the only thing I haven’t missed since moving to NC. How goes it in the ProDoc office? Tell the Drs. I said Hey. Travis and I have a blog, travisandstephanie.wordpress.com, if you want to check it out. Is it ok if I put you down on my list of friend blogs? If Jake ever convinces you of the necessity of an iphone, please let me know what he said. I have been trying to convince Travis of that same fact for forever now!!!!
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I dont know what you are fussing about. I have been naming the little critters. Since i have no friends here (that answer their phone, hint hint jake) it has been refreshing. So far i have two million friends here. Lol. I liked the “just for good measure” that made me laugh.
Stephanie – Glad you’re liking it in NC. Concerning the iPhone, his best argument so far (though not entirely successful, as of yet) is that there are rumors of a $200 price drop with the next generation. We’ll see…
Theda – We won’t be in town that weekend…dangit.
Rich – I had no idea that the “super” in their title meant that they also carry phones. Make it 2 million and 2. We just don’t always answer the phone. It’s something you’ll come to learn about us. It kinda goes along with the whole being lazy thing.
[re=357]Diana[/re]: no i have seen you guys at work. jake picks it up, says who it is, and you say i will call back later. then i was there the next day to when they called because you forgot to call back. lol. i am sure it works the other way when it is jake’s phone. lol.
I think there should be a vote and i vote jake gets his phone even if it is 400. lol.
I don’t that Jake getting a new phone will make him answer it Rich. Diana is right…Jake is lazy! Or maybe you called after nine…they go to bed early. I vote Jake gets the phone so that I can play with it!
You people aren’t helping…
no we’re not, but it’s fun. ohh and jennie it probably will help for a few weeks. new toys are always fun to play with. and i dont call after 8:30. i know they act older then my age and yours added together. which now that i think about it is old. gosh thats like 75. and i am only 28. lol.
They are the old married couple…most people think Jake is older than me…LOL
Diana, I really think you should get yourself the iphone and make Jake get a boring phone just for laughs!!!
Ok,Ok,Ok…enough with the Jake and Diana bashing (Rich and Jennie..). I might make mention of the fact (already noted by Jennie) that Jake and Diana are in fact happily MARRIED. Low blow, I know…but ya’ll started it with all the “old” talk. :-) Can’t we play nice, here?
By the way, Jennie, I think I like your idea…as long as there’s an iPhone in the family, Jake should be happy, right?