06.20.06
Affirmation
I have this odd habit- compulsion really- that I can’t pee in the dark. Why? Because I have to look in the toilet before I can “go” and make sure there’s nothing there.
Goofy? Yes, but- I found a mutha fucking spider skating around in the bowl at 3 am this morning! Hmmm… I wonder if Raid damages the toilet bowl. And if you flush spiders and bugs, are they really gone?
moon said,
June 20, 2006 at 1:58 pm · Edit
My sister refuses to kill bugs. To this day, she will have her eight-year-old come in and take care of the bug nonsense in the household.
My sister and I shared a bathroom that was wired using the THEORY of wiring (the 2 way switches didn’t work exactly as they were designed). Instead of killing bugs, my sister would trap them under a glass and wait for someone else to either kill them or they would die and she would suck them up in a vaccuum.
One late late night, I really had to go. I couldn’t get the lights to turn on because of the switch issues. As I made my way through the bathroom I kicked over a glass and set a bug free.
Eileen said,
June 22, 2006 at 9:57 am · Edit
Back in Houston….where they grow bugs extra BIG….I once found a HUGE roach on my towel as I started drying after a shower. Needless to say, now I only dry after “checking”. A friend (also in Houston) found a roach in her coffee cup. Yep, I check those too before each morning’s cup-o-caffeine.
Compulsions = Fun!!
GoingLoopy said,
June 22, 2006 at 2:15 pm · Edit
I always keep the cups upside-down in the cabinet for that very reason…because I grew up in Houston and I think something similar happened to my mom.
I don’t like dark bathrooms, either…not because of toilet crawlies, but because somehow I have this stupid fear that some monster will come through the mirror.
Jules said,
June 24, 2006 at 10:35 pm · Edit
Moon, I’m still laughing, days later, thinking of you - in the dark- having to “go” with an previously thought bygone bug running rampant under your very feet. How ever did you do it?
And Loop- I can’t even begin to tangently think in terms of the scary things that live on the other side of the mirror… Nope, not going there.