Itchy

[judecorp]

I am SO freaking out about this bug thing, so much so that I can't stop itching and feeling like there are bugs all over me. Which of course there aren't. But still.

But I've been looking up bed bug information on the internet to try to find out what we'll need to do if in fact this IS a bed bug infestation. We supposedly will have to bag and wash (in hot water) all of our clothes and all of our linens. And then we'll have to have a pest control person come, probably several times. But what just occurred to me is that it's not safe to be pregnant around pesticides! So what the heck am I supposed to do? Should I start everything this cycle and try to get pregnant and risk complications from pesticides? The whole thing just makes me want to cry my eyes out. I don't even know what to do. I am so scared about teratogens and all of that as it is and now we're going to have someone fumigate every nook and cranny in our apartment? What the hell am I supposed to do?

I can't even deal with this. I'm supposed to be making cupcakes right now for my coworker's anniversary but all I can do is cry.

Comments

[estrange.livejournal.com]

I meant taking your wife and cats with you! Well what about renting a cheap hotel room for a week or so? Could you afford it?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Dude, a cheap hotel is what got us into this mess in the first place!!

[estrange.livejournal.com]

That sucks. I didn't realize that, sorry. I tend to try to get new hotels because hotels in general just gross me out.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It's okay, it's not your fault. We're not 100% positive we got them in New Orleans. Heck, we're not 100% positive we actually have bed bugs! It just seems the most likely given all possibilities. (And it wasn't a totally cheap-o hotel, either. Apparently bed bugs are becoming a HUGE problem.)