The HUGE cockroach!!

First let me warn everyone that I have become a little feisty these past few weeks. I guess it's because of what's going on in my life right now - I feel vulnerable and that my family is at risk.. this is bringing out the rough side of my personality - I have been saying inappropriate things, and cursing a lot! I have surprised my husband time and time again, so let me just apologize now!! I promise to clean up my act....soon!!

So the title of my blog is pretty self-explanatory. After all the bug killing, ant control and noises from unknown sources I have endured, I had a new challenge last night. It was my first night without my husband (so no, I'm not referring to him.....see, inappropriate!!!) and I was waiting until the last minute to go to bed. I went through my routine...first I wash my face, brush my teeth with bottled water, moisturize, clean off my feet, a little chap stick and a cough drop - maybe this is all "too much information" TMI but hang in there with me - I am trying to set the stage!!! I just settled into bed with my Kindle and was about to turn it on when I saw the biggest cockroach I have ever seen in the right hand corner of my room - right above the door!! I'm not sure it was a cockroach....I just know it was about 3 inches long and 2 inches wide - it had several legs and it was black with long antennas - EEEWWWW!!!

I started to think about what to do...does this thing fly? Will it go away if I turn the lights out? Is it a vegetarian? Is it possible to sleep with this thing alive and well running through my house? Well, I knew the answer to the last question.....NO WAY!!!! So I decided that I had to kill the big cockroach!!!

I first sprayed it with Lysol disinfectant which kills viruses, bacteria, mold and mildew - it should do some damage, right? Seriously, I sprayed and sprayed and I think maybe one of the many legs of this "thing" twitched a little. So I looked around and picked up a Glade room deodorizer that I just bought....I threw it at the cockroach and hit it right in the middle of it's body (2 points) - it fell directly to the ground and took off running. It attempted to go under the bedroom door but it was too big to fit...so it tried and tried and I kept thinking...STEP ON IT LESA!!!! For whatever reason, I could not do it!!! After about 3 tries, it finally fit under the door and took off running into the family room - I kept thinking that now my children were in danger and I needed to kill this thing and kill it NOW!!! So I took off my flip-flop - totally screamed loud and slammed my shoe down to smash it!!! It took me a couple of tries (fast little bugger) but I heard the loud crunch and was so proud of myself for killing it!! I was all proud of myself - I started grunting....YOU, YOU, YOU!!! My glory was short lived - I realized that I had to pick this "thing" up and put it down the toilet!!

There was a big rain storm going on outside...so when I turned off the lights, I fell asleep thinking of the rain and not the big cockroach!! I'm hoping (praying) that this was my first and only experience with a bug of this size....there are many challenges for me here and cockroaches...no bueno!!