It’s official, I’m a bug magnet. I am always, ALWAYS the first one to notice if there’s a bug in the room. I don’t know…I figure God knows just how much I love bugs, so he always puts them in my path. You know, it’s that whole God-has-a-sense-of-humor thing. We all know cockroaches exist, and that they will never, ever die. Well, in Puerto Rico, they exist a lot. They’re also a lot bigger here. A good two inches long. There are small ones here too, but big or small, a roach is a roach. Unfortunately, the small ones always manage to get into houses through the shower drain. Around midnight on Friday morning, I woke up to use the bathroom. I sat myself down on the toilet when something caught my eye. Oh okay, it’s just a roach. No big deal. Oh wait, yes it is. *Cue silent screaming* It was just outside the shower. Just as I was about to get up, the little sucker moved and hid behind the hamper. I left to get a heavier shoe to squish it with. That’s when I saw the second roach in the room across from ours. Great, just great. There’s an army of them. I thought I squished it, but I didn’t want to move the shoe, so I just left it there. (When I checked later in the day, there was nothing under the shoe. Drats.) I went back to the bathroom, but the roach was too fast for me. It escaped and hid under an end table with a super long table cloth on it. I lifted the table cloth to see if it would run out, but it didn’t. I hesitantly went back to my room, feeling extremely paranoid. I stared at the floor for a good five minutes, but eventually, I gave up and fell asleep.
Fast forward to Friday night. I had left the bedroom door closed while I was in the living room watching TV. As if a roach couldn’t get through a closed door. I went to grab something from my room, and when I opened the door, there was a fucking roach right at the entrance. See what I mean about God’s sense of humor? Of all the rooms, it had to be this one. I managed to squish it just before it ran out the door. I made sure I heard the crunch this time. (Are you totally grossed out yet?) I knew there was still at least one other roach running around, but I was happy to have at least murdered one of them. When it was time for bed, I checked the floors to make sure I didn’t see any roaches before drifting off to sleep. I woke up at 2am for a bathroom run. I grabbed my phone (it has a flashlight) and walked very carefully. Satisfied that I was alone, I opened the door. I turned around to shut the door and guess what? YEAH, seriously…the other roach was ON the door. I don’t know if Raid actually kills these things, but it definitely doesn’t prevent them from coming in, because I had sprayed that shit all around the door. Anyway, God was being generous this time because the little sucker was running across the door, and despite being half asleep, I timed it perfectly so that I shut the door just as it was on the edge. Crunch, crunch. I pulled the bedroom door towards me several times, to make sure I killed it dead. I grabbed some toilet paper, eased the door open, and removed the carcass from the door frame. Then I surveyed my surroundings, praying that there really were only TWO roaches.
You see what I mean, right? Two different days, waking up at two different times, and both times, I would run into these roaches? What…the…fuck??? And why must this happen when I’m trying to get some sleep? It’s really hard to sleep when you have BUGS on the brain. Anyway, now that I’ve successfully grossed you out, I think it’s time to end this post. I really hope I don’t see another roach inside this house for the remainder of my time here. You’ll pray for me, won’t you? And if I do have the misfortune of seeing one, I hope that I can kill it quickly. As a precaution, before going to bed, I’ll be putting a bottle of shampoo over the shower drain, in the hopes that no more roaches will get through. They’re not strong enough to move the shampoo bottle, right? Right? Hmph.
~Lily~
Side note: Is it strange that this is not the first post I’ve written that is entirely about bugs? Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C. Jeez, I have issues.
~Don't Quote Lily~ 
We’re nothing more than bugs to God and I would guess you’ve been anointed the Goddess of Cockroaches. They just come around to pay homage to their goddess. All hail!!
I wish I could be demoted, I really, really do… 😉
I’m starting to scratch…..
Haha, oops. 😉
Do you know I’ve NEVER seen a cockroach in my life?! Move to Canada!
Lucky you!
Haha but oh no, Canada’s too cold. 😦 Too bad bugs are all about warmth too.
Your bug story reminds me of living/visiting Sri Lanka. I hate cockroaches too! And it makes me laugh because my grandma is one of the most nicest and genuine people I’ve ever met in my life, but when it comes to cockroaches she just sees red. I think she sees cockroaches like a Hockey Puck and she whacks them with a broom lol. It’s hilarious, but yes I feel your pain. How is the New Year treating you so far? Hope you’re keeping well Lily!!
Hey! Haha, I feel your grandma! Cockroaches are just so nasty. I even hate typing out the word cockroach. YUCK! How are you doing so far? New year has been going well for me so far, can’t complain. Thanks, take care Savindi!
I guess they can’t get enough of tormenting u lol…they are so gross I can’t stand them yuck. Well hopefully once ur home it will become a distant memory. Miss ya lots love u!
Yup, they must like me or something. Stupid icky roaches! Miss and love you too. 😉
Somehow cockroaches seem to exist is places outside of the US (although I know the US has roaches too…. just maybe not that many?). They’re practically the national bug here in Taiwan. At least you’re able to muster up enough courage to squish them. I just run around screaming until someone else kills it. My future husband is definitely going to need to be a master bug killer or else I’m screwed.
Yeah, they’re in the states, a lot of apartments have that issue. But maybe there’s more here because people travel and sometimes bring them in their suitcases…gross. Eww, practically the national bug? Ahhh! Lol, aw, you never kill them? Well, they are gross but they need to be killed. I hesitate a lot when it comes to spiders, but I guess I hate roaches SO MUCH more, that I need to kill them…dead, really dead. Hehe.
We have big roaches here in the tropics and I hate the things. I need you here to kill them for me 😉
Yup, any tropical place is just full of those monsters. That’s what they are, monsters. Gross. I kill them with pleasure. Well, okay not pleasure, but I’m always happy once they’re dead.
LOL poor you. I HATE bugs. I remember at the old house we would get spiders more than roaches. It was nice they kept the bad bugs away and they stayed hidden, most of the time. One night, got our groove thing on. When we were finished, we laid there talking in the dark. (I can’t remember why we had the lights off) Suddenly, hubby says, “Is that a roach on the ceiling?” Right on cute the roach lost it’s grip and fell right onto hubbies head. I jump up screaming and so does he. I was yelling for him to get it, but that sucker was fast. Hearts were pounding very loudly as the sucker ran between the mattress and headboard. On its way to the headboard it manage to pee on my sheets. My husband said, sorry I can’t do anything. I said, to hell with that? It is somewhere near. We will get flash lights if we have to but there will be no pretending it wasn’t here. Just then the thing ran back on the bed and we got it. It was one of those two three inch Texas roaches.
So we changed the sheets. I slept with one eye open and looked to see if it had any siblings for days. I never saw another one there again.
sorry I got long winded.
I was outside last night (where the internet works) and I was about to reply to your comment when a roach passed over my foot. Seriously. Then I saw another one so I gave up on the internet thing! But man, your story…ahh! That would be the death of me if one fell ON THE BED! Needless to say, I thought of roaches on the ceiling all night long. Thanks, lol.
LOL So sorry. I am giggling again at the thought of them across your toe. That would be hell to me!
Ugh, I couldn’t believe it actually touched me. As I was reading a story about roaches, wtf! Lol.
I think they are conspiring against you.
*Shudder* I feel for you. When I was a kid I felt like I attracted dead bugs – to my food. *shudder* It didn’t happen that often (thank God!) but it’s the kind of thing that sticks with you. I haven’t noticed this as much as an adult…but maybe I don’t want to think about why…ew! *shudder*
Oh no! *Shudder* Yeah, let’s not think about that! Haha. 😉
Ewww I hate hate hate cockroaches, I hate them even more when they die with crunching sound and white bloody alien stuff comes out. EWWW!
Haha, ewww, you painted quite a picture there…lol.