Escape From Ant Mountain
The magic number is four.
In four days we will be fleeing our ant-infested rental house and moving into a much nicer, ant-free abode. This place has been riddled with ants since the day we moved in. We hate it. There are streams of ants in every room in the house. Ants in the light fixtures. Ants in the bedding. Ants crawling on us. Ants crawling on our pets.
It is so nasty in the bedroom we have been sleeping on the sofa for two months. I used to like our sectional. Now I want to light it on fire.
People don’t seem to understand just how bad it is. They tell us Smallville was built on an ant hill. They tell us they have ants too, in their kitchen and they put out Terro traps and the ants went away. They tell us ants are seasonal and will disappear in a few weeks.
Well we’ve put out about 10+ Terro traps, indoor and outdoor. The Terro traps filled up in about a day. Filled up!! Our landlord spread Diatomaceous Earth in the crawlspace and around the perimeter. Didn’t make a bit of difference. This place needs to be nuked, demolished, and never heard from ever again. It just needs to go away.
What’s really painful is the fact we pay quite a bit in rent. Nasty ants would be one thing if rent was on the cheap, but we pay a premium. It’s unacceptable.
So even though we just moved, we’re migrating once again. One mile away, but a world away. Here’s to ant-free living.