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[vicarz]

Part of me thinks I'm wasting my staycation. Another part of me is glad.

Last night we were happily goofing off and debating whether to go home and then get a cupcake, or just go straight for cupcake. We erred on home first...and entered the swarm.
The swarm of termites pouring out of the floor in Janna's apt. And then humping.
Pronoun trouble - it was the termites that were humping
I should point out that Janna does not like termites. Or bugs. Or termite bugs that pour out of the floor in the hundreds if not thousands, fly around, and then fall to die or get into long trains of humping bugs (or maybe it was just a bug-conga-line). We were already a little ripe from running around in the unseasonably warm...but then we dusted ourselves with raid, lots of raid, more sweat, and dust as we cleaned out the entire apt from kitchen to living room. On the positive side, we did get rid of many as-of-yet undiscovered dust bunnies - and Janna got to mock me when she caught me also-sweeping the baseboards. Hey, I was there so why not finish. She captured some in a bag for the landlord - the internet confirmed they were termites swarming.

Termites are harmless unless you own wood. Then you...hey...

I was put in charge of seeing if our unexpected extermination and cleaning party had pushed us past cupcake hours. I scanned the internet and verified that we still had 30 minutes to get cupcakes. Sweaty, flowery-raid-scented, dusty, and with some fair stale salty air we made all on our own, we walked purposefully to recoup the drama with some cupcakes. However, the cupcake was a lie! The place was not true to the website and was closed.

This, this unfortunately, besides nearly terminating our relationship unexpectedly in a flurry of locust plagues and not-cupcakes (as opposed to the breakups you expect), eliminated our choice of not going out for emergency cocktails and the Charles theatre showing of "Kick ass." Now, I'm not sure if the movie was any good, but I can tell you most assuredly that we did enjoy it.

You should have seen her poor roommate's expression as we excitedly tag-teamed him the details of the swarm...looked like a man trying not to blink for fear of having the dog snap...

Comments

[pictsy.livejournal.com]

This whole recession seems to have led to a lot of hours being cut back, but web sites not being updated. The USPS is the worst.

[minniethemoocha.livejournal.com]

Pronoun trouble - it was the termites that were humping

OK, good. I was worried for a moment.

Weirdo!

[minniethemoocha.livejournal.com]

I like the statement, "Termites are harmless unless you own wood." I can also imagine it in the voice of a This Old House host and it cracks me up a second time.

Termite swarm???

[joanarkham.livejournal.com]

GAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

*deep breath*

GAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Re: Termite swarm???

[minniethemoocha.livejournal.com]

When I was living in DC, my (basement) room had wood paneling. One summer, it got infested. HORROR. I had to pry it all off. This left about 6 inches of dirt floor exposed between where the paneling had been and the cinderblocks of the actual basement wall.

[justaputz.livejournal.com]

Have you had the Cold Stone Creamery cupcakes? I like them more than the fancy cupcake places I have tried. I do like ice cream a bit much though so I might be biased.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I haven't, but I also don't like CCC. I went to Maggie Moos, the place they imitated and placed in malls around the US so I have a bias against them :)

The fact that many stores used to have the young employees do "ice-cream raps" didn't help me any, but just looking today their fake fluorescent colors in ice cream just don't look like my thing.

Maggie Moos is easy for me to get too though - down in Shirlington.