bad stuff

1) bedbugs. I am really terrified of bedbugs. Anna overheard a woman tell our apartment manager right before we left Nebraska that she had bedbugs in her apartment but that she was going to use some spray to get rid of them.

AAAHHH!

Actually that scream was not about the bedbugs. My computer shut off and I lost, like, half of my post. I was almost done and now I have to start all over again. I think there is a Shel Silverstein poem about an awesome story that got eaten by a goat and this is all he had left.

But anyways. I was going to go on and say that the only poison that can kill bedbugs has been banned by the EPA because it is deadly and will kill all earthly life. I would only return to that apartment complex if it has been thoroughly cleansed by nuclear waste. Bedbugs are the worst and I am pretty sure I would give up on happiness if I ever got any. It just sounds too hard.

2) MREs. We ate some MREs as a snack tonight. Anna got the Brownie with Chocolate Chips. It wasn't too bad but it reminded me of eating powdered bakers chocolate. I had the Dairyshake/Strawberry which was awful. I had to drink in big swigs and chase it with orange juice. It reminded me of the times growing up when we ran out of regular milk or had to cycle out the food storage and drink powdered milk. It was pretty gag-worthy. I also ate the Cheese Product Spread and Wheat Snack Bread. The cheese was more like curdled sweet potatoes and the snack bread was like a chewy washcloth. It was a fun adventure, but I never want to eat one again. I think it might be better on a fast Sunday or if I was starving and in a war.

3) Mosquitoes. Soapy and I are getting mauled. Anna and Josie are ok.

4) Wii controllers that are too sensitive. I lost so many games to David and I am pretty sure I wouldn't have lost if it was a baseball bat. Because it would be broken. Of course, I used the "Man... If this is real life I totally would have won." I also used a new one when David was winning: "Oh good job David. You beat a string of numbers that were made up in some dorky computer programmers head. You are smarter than a series of 0s and 1s." It made me feel better about losing. Except that it means I am dumber than a long series of 0s and 1s.