make it go away!

so, i'm coming to terms with the fact that i might have a bedbug problem. every night, as i crawl into bed, i hear my father saying "good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite!" i never got it. not until now. not until i started crawling into bed, exhausted, dreading my sleepless night ahead, and praying "please don't let the bedbugs bite me."

but alas, each morning i awake with new marks. in fact, there are so many that tonight i pulled out my black sharpie and started circling the bites on my arms and legs so i can tell when i get a new bite. the ones i couldn't reach, i asked kirby to circle for me. she, somehow, still seems free of any such bites.

i had fully intended to come home tonight and get straight to work cleaning up, but i caught this horrible cold that intensified dramatically during the day today while i was at work. now i'm miserable and can hardly breathe, and so cleaning up isn't happening tonight. maybe tomorrow. but really, i'm just hoping that after a few days i'll stop getting bitten, and i can say i caught the one and only culprit, and he's imprisoned on a piece of paper on my desk.

mostly, i'm just dreading the sheer amount of work it will take to get rid of this problem. so, i kinda want to ensure that i really DO have a problem before i spend all the money and time to fix it. i debate calling 311. i debate calling the super. but...for now, i will just wait and see. i have to at least wait until this cold goes away and i can breathe again.