9 September 2005
So, I have the serious lurgy.
The kind of serious lurgy that involves the 7 dwaves of ick. You know - sneezy, cougy, wheezy, honky, snotty, earachy and insomnia.
That last one is a right bitch.
So much of a bitch that I'm still awake at past 5 am, despite not really having slept much last night. Mostly because if I lie down I have huge coughing fits and I can't sleep sitting up.
That's not what's bothering me most though.
Oh no.
What's bothering me is that for the last hour and a half, 3 5 8!!! large wasps have been banging themselves against the window, trying to get in.
They make a really creepy kind of tapping noise against the window.
Somehow, I think that having finally collected my Epi-pen prescription was a really good thing.
Update: Especially since one of the buzzy bastards got in, somehow. Despite all the windows being shut as tight as I could make them.
It's now dead.
You poor baby :(
Are you sure it was a wasp and not a hornet, viscious little bu**ers hornets, larger than wasps and sting like crazy.
The dead one is definitely a wasp. As is the live one that's *still* trying to get in the bloody window.
Gah.
*goes to get the epi-pen so it's handy, just in case this one gets in too*
What's with those wasps? How annoying. Hope you're feeling a bit better.
The wasps love you. They just want to be near you.
I had the same problem. http://www.peteashton.com/05/08/10/wasps.html I think there's a nest nearby but not near enough for it to get critical. If it gets worse get your landlord to call the council and they'll find and remove the nest. Evil buggers them wasps.
According to a conversation I had with my mum this afternoon, in Japan, they actually have hunting trips for a particularly nast breed of "killer hornet" (which do actually kill loads of people every year) and then cook them and eat them!
I'm a kind, gentle, non-violent person. However, that still doesn't stop me believing that All Wasps Must Die. Preferably in extreme agony.
yeah, wasps are pretty sucky, the best way to deal with a nest of them in australia is with a cricket bat. Do you have some kinda council report system where you ring them up and tell them you have wasps and they will come out and exterminate the bastards almost immediatly? Its a pretty handy service to have.
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