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New Years' Resolution: BE BACK
Among other things.
The last few months have been ridiculous.
My fibro pills had their dose doubled. Without me seeing the doctor first. That's one thing.
A couch I had brought into replace the bed and OLD couch turned out to be infested with bedbugs. Once I got rid of the couch and got rid of the bugs, it turned out that the entire building had them and it's still fight that is going on. It also turns out that I'm allergic to those motherfuckers, and it took prescription antihistamines and sort of breaking the usual rules to get rid of the bitey bastards.
My knees have gotten worse, probably because fibro. The pain from it has spread to my hands, making typing more difficult than it used to be.
A crack has appeared in the load-bearing wall of my apartment.
*sips tea* On the upside, I've gone an entire week now without seeing one of those little six-legged bitey bastards. It's a good sign.
The last few months have been ridiculous.
My fibro pills had their dose doubled. Without me seeing the doctor first. That's one thing.
A couch I had brought into replace the bed and OLD couch turned out to be infested with bedbugs. Once I got rid of the couch and got rid of the bugs, it turned out that the entire building had them and it's still fight that is going on. It also turns out that I'm allergic to those motherfuckers, and it took prescription antihistamines and sort of breaking the usual rules to get rid of the bitey bastards.
My knees have gotten worse, probably because fibro. The pain from it has spread to my hands, making typing more difficult than it used to be.
A crack has appeared in the load-bearing wall of my apartment.
*sips tea* On the upside, I've gone an entire week now without seeing one of those little six-legged bitey bastards. It's a good sign.
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What's happened with regards to the couch situation? Do you still have something to lie on that's not bug infested? D:
Two words: air mattress.
It's not the best air mattress: it's got a leak, it's got latex--and I've developed a latex allergy since buying this thing almost five years ago--and I don't own an air pump and so I have to blow it up myself--but as long as I'm using this thing, if I find a bug in the linens somewhere (and as of today it's been a week and a half without seeing a live one; I tracked in a dead one) I can just chuck the linens into a plastic bag, chuck the bag in the tub, chuck a giant thing of bug spray in after that, and wash when I manage to scrounge up the funds to do so. The mattress can then be treated with a bleach spray (because the stuff I make to make sure that things are clean doesn't leave anything alive, man) and set to air while I go to work the next day, because if they're going to show up, it's usually first thing in the morning when I wake up when I see them.
The bitey bastards are nocturnal, and most active at around 3AM to 7AM. They have a hard time negotiating the rubber, and if they manage to be on me, it means they got on the linens when I wasn't looking (or wasn't there). I've gotten to the point where certain things WILL BE DISCARDED if I spot the bastards. Three sheet sets have been thrown out since Pestilence Couch's demise.