bugs

You know about 'Bats in the Belfry"? Well, I have 'bugs in the belfry'. They come down from the edges of my ceiling tile. The exterminator has been here three times. He claims that the cracks between the ceiling tile are too close for any bug to crawl through. Today - - Nov. 15 - - too cold for any bug ' ' I saw something black come through one of those joints between ceiling tile as I was eating my breakfast on my enclosed balcony.

So I watched it - - looked more like a spider than the summer bees - - which looked more like wasps to me. The bug crawled along that joint, and then disappeared. I went over to look directly up - - there was nothing there. I went back, sat down with my cup of coffee - - and in a few moments - the black thing reappeared - just a few inches from where I had seen it disappear.

I watched this several times, then with a smile I called out 'security' - - the people who answer any call about any thing - - even 'bugs in the belfry'. She said elise would come with a spray to 'get it'. I was more interested in watching to see where that ' thing' would come and go. It reached the end of the jint and turned to walk along the crack between the ceiling tile and the cement block edge of my balcony. It kept trying to crawl in the crack. No luck. It came to the next joint between 2 tiles - -it tried to enter that crack - - no luck.

It walked along the joint where ceiling and wall meet - cam to the corner of the room - - still no entry for it. Then Elise arrived - - bug spray can in her hand. I said - - let's just watch for a moment. She sat down - - and suddenly the bug disappeared. She was surprised to not see it - - so I persuaded her to stay a few more moments - - and sure enough the 'thing' reappeared a few inches from where it had entered - -- and then disappeared as quickly as it had emerged. She took her spray can and sprayed that area thoroughly. Then she sprayed where I had originally seen the bug. We opened the windows o the odor of the spray would disappear - - and Elise left. As I resumed my cup of coffee - - there came that bug - - out from where she had sprayed.

I sat and watched again. It was a spider and started dropping down - - while forming web. It was interesting - - it would 'fall' 2 or 3 inches - - then stop and move its legs in an unusual manner and drop 2 or 3 more inches. I have never before actually watched a spider make the 'silk' for it's web. At it dropped further - suddenly it dropped almost down to the floor - - as it came to the floor, I stepped on it - - it ran - - I stepped on it again - - and with a paper towel picked it up and deposited it in my toiler (not the paper, just the bug). And flushed the toilet twice - - just to be sure.

Such was my activity for this Monday morning. Life varies - - is never the same - - and isn't that wonderful! !