So I went to the house today to do more organizing and cleaning. I got a LOT of work done. It seems easier when you’re alone with no distractions. I finished our bedroom, Ari’s bedroom and both bathrooms, and did a bunch of work in the kitchen. I should have known something weird was going on in the house when I found the first maggot on the floor in the middle of the top floor hallway. That’s the first ew in the title.
But the kitchen… Ali, stop reading now, ok? I moved a bag that was on the floor in the kitchen, an empty bag, a big plastic tote bag from Ikea…And there were about 40 maggots under it. Nothing stinky, nothing gooey, nothing foody, nothing yummy (for maggots), just…maggots. And then they all started crawling in unison in the same direction and I screamed. I screamed in an empty house, by myself, around mid day. Then I grabbed a broom and tried to corral them into a pile while I contemplated their fate. Then they all started crawling in unison again so I screamed again. Luckily I was interrupted by a phone call from Shannon. Who was NO help at all.
What made it really scary was that there were 2 balloons on the floor, empty, untied balloons. One red and one blue. So when I swept the maggots into a tidy pile the balloons were swept into it too. Then when the maggots started their disgusting race, they made the balloons slowly roll across the floor too. Vom, right? I had the brains to take a couple pictures, but I only had my phone cam with me and I don’t know how to make them appear on my computer.
Ew ew ew. To the max.
I actually survived reading that! My question is what were they all crawling towards?
I am going to Targhey today. It always makes me think of you when I’m there. It’s Tierney’s (11th!) birthday tomorrow and I’m getting her a bag filled with all sorts of those goodies they have near the entrance. Glowstick bracelets and water balloons and all sorts of stuff like that.
Yeah, I don’t know what they were crawling towards. I suspect they were crawling away from the window. Perhaps they are light phobic?
That sounds like a great gift. Ari loves stuff like that too, and her room is encrusted in tiny water balloons right now.
Sweet mother of God!! I would have injured myself in an attemot to escape. My nightmares are already running trailers in my head. Thanks.
Eeeew!
However I can safely say,from experience,that sweeping them up is preferable to having to clear hundreds of them out of an oven.Where they had feasted on a forgotten flan whilst we were on holiday.
Pukerama just thinking about it!LOL
Yeah, seriously, maggots are the worst. There aren’t many bugs that I am weird about, but maggots, ew. I also don’t care for cluster flies. OH, or fish flies, which thankfully don’t exist in Toronto that I have ever seen.
Fish flies are fucking revolting
What ARE fish flies??? I did a search on goog for them and all I got were fishing flies. I wonder what their real name is.
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I am getting itchy reading this but I couldn’t stop. nightmares here i come.