eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

i am going crazy. seriously, i'm dyin' over here! the bed bugs were back with a vengence last night, and i am covered in big ugly red welts that are so itchy i'm ready to tear my skin off. and this is after cameron ('cause he's such a sweety) washed all the linens and dried them super hot, and vacuumed the matress. but the little suckers kept coming. and biting. and apparently i really really react to the bites, cameron got subtle little red marks, i get huge welts. so, needless to say i am going back to guelph tonight.

cameron talked to the super today and s/he (i don't know who the super is) said that there is a problem in the building with bed bugs and that someone will be in to spray later this week. my concern is that they will not spray the whole building and only spray the apartments of those who complained, which means there will still be bedbugs in the building... apparently there has been a bit of a bed bug outbreak in toronto in the last couple years, who knew.

anyway, wary of the super and how quickly they tend to get stuff done, cameron, the rockinest roommate around, is planning to do his own little home fumigation tonight. he's going to get spray on the way home and he's going to get all the baseboards and vacuum and stuff. turns out there are tons of websites that tell you what you need to do. which is good, because it probably wouldn't occur to me to empty the vacuum right away and get the bag out of the building immediately, but you're supposed to or else the little suckers just crawl back out.

i think i might just be a commuter this week, travel to and from guelph. we'll see. anyway i was thinking that by monday the apartment will hopefully be bug free and my body will have healed a little bit and i can throw myself back into it with all my heart. i'm going to suggest to cameron that he come to guelph for the weekend and stay at our place while the poison takes effect.

but yeah, bed bugs, well, they're gross. from now on, when i say 'night night, don't let the bed bugs bite' i'm gonna really really mean it. last night when i was drinking copious amounts of strongbow i didn't seem to notice the itching so much, so i might go that route. also my friend lisa suggested bathing in baking soda to take away the itch. i'm pretty much desperate enough to do anything at this point. aaaaaaaaaaaarrrggggggggggggg.

i do know intellectually that this is because of an infestation in the building and that it probably has been growing steadily for the last little while, but i have to say i feel pretty bad that i move into cameron's place and then there is suddenly an infestation of bed bugs. that's right, i carry plague with me. fun! be my friend! invite me over for a cuppa! what? oh that? no no, that's just the plague i carry with me, they won't be needing tea.

*sigh*