Thursday, February 22, 2007

Vehemoth

I should be writing about 1 Samuel, but I've no focus for it at the moment. I've just been through a crisis.

This evening I did a lot of cleaning and straightening for a party happening at my house tomorrow evening. Last on my to-do list was to finish some laundry. It was a load of whites. Pure white, fluffy, warm. Everything comfortable and nice. Relaxing and enjoying our living room, I put all of the items in piles and began to put them away. I walked partially into my bedroom and was rudely confronted.

A roach the size of Texas....I repeat, the size of TEXAS....was coming at me. He wasn't scittering along the baseboard or crawling along the ceiling. This boy was strutting right down the middle of the hallway of my bedroom as if he owned the place. I expected him to try and pick up the lunch I made him on his way out the door to work!

What does a girl do when Vehemoth is coming straight for you? Scream and dance around. Because that remedies the situation quite well, scaring and stirring up the thing. (I tried it once with a bat flying around my dark apartment. It works like magic. I jetted the shared room, and my flatmate at the time sat in her bed half awake as I watched the bat circle her head.)

I trapped Vehemoth under a dish and my roommate let it loose outside. Crisis averted within moments.

Now that Vehemoth is gone, guess who's not getting any sleep? Yeah. ME! The girl who hasn't bought a bed frame yet and who sleeps on a mattress on the floor. What's worse is that Vehemoth and I have probably been cuddling ever since the weather got warm.



I seriously just heard a strange noise....



© 2007 by Kendra Hinkle

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Kendra, that was hilarious! You poor thing. We lived in a very drafty house for many many years and those things always thought they were welcome. I think I had the hardest time with them. Nearly had a heart attack many times.

And yes, they do make noise. -Creepy.

BTW, thank you so much for your email. I'm sorry I haven't gotten back with you--the last few weeks have been crazy busy. Thank you for your invitaiton to join in on your Esther study. I'll have to catch up and read the back posts. Looks really good!

Blessings,
Kayleen

Oh, and your quote on 268 was good. I'll have to check out those books some time. (Boy! I have a lot of reading to do! :)