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| And now, today's episode of As The Blog Turns.... |
| 05.11.04 (2:04 pm) [edit] |
Near-Death Experience
I woke up on Saturday morning feeling rather strange. I went to bed hungry because I was too lazy and depressed to make dinner and I woke up to the sound of my tummy growling "Feed me, you lazy bitch!" I opened the blinds and looked out on the patio and the lawn beyond it. Everything was green and fresh, thanks to 5 consecutive weekends of rain. It would rain later in the day but at that exact moment the sun was out and the clouds were few and far between. The world never seemed lovelier. I felt like I did after a good cry - weightless. I had released all my anxieties about the future. I had decided to just let God deal with the things over which I had no control and just do what I needed to do like watering the plants on my patio (****Do The Dew - Mountain Dew - Official Soft-drink of Natblog****).
I opened the front door and stepped onto the patio. I grabbed the water can and turned to go inside to fill it. That's when it happened. For a moment I was transfixed. My life flashed before my eyes. I even remembered the moment Heather Campbell bloodied my nose and took my lunch money in kindergarten. There was a wasp hovering around my bare left shoulder. It landed and I held my breath. After what felt like an eternity, the wasp left. Finally, able to breathe, I walked slowly towards the door and to my shock and horror realized that several wasps had built a small nest above the knocker on my front door. I began to panick.
I am seriously allergic to wasps and bees. My brother is too and he was the last to be stung. Everytime he has been stung the reaction has been worse than the previous time. I was terrified of what might happen to me. I didn't have an EpiPen or anything. Slowly, I opened the door, hoping not to disturb the 8+ wasps busily building their nest on the door. Once inside, I slammed the door closed and searched furiously to make sure that no wasps had gotten into the apartment. Then I panicked again. I called the apartment management office and there was no answer. They usually had limited hours on weekends and I was scared that they were closed. Then I called Giantsfan. His phone went straight to voicemail. I remember leaving a crazy message to the effect of "These wasps might kill me! I can't leave my freakin' apartment." Then I called AE (who later remarked that she found it weird that I called her in Georgia from Texas to deal with wasps on my front door). She told me I should call a friend and get them to bring over that wasp spray with the long nozzle that foams up on the nest and hardens, leaving the wasps trapped. So I hung up and called the Fast One who lives near by but she is even more allergic to wasps than I am so I couldn't ask her to come over. Then I called Mr. Picky and as usual he did not answer because he has been avoiding me for the past 4 weeks.
After spinning around my apartment for about 20 minutes, I went to the refridgerator and got a can of Mountain Dew (****Do The Dew - Mountain Dew - Official Soft-drink of Natblog****) and began to calm down. I called the management office again and someone answered. I told her my predicament and she told me that I was in luck. On most weekends, the maintenance crew is off-duty except for emergencies. She said that my wasp situation would not have been considered as an emergency worthy of paging the maintenance crew and I would have had to wait till Monday for someone to come by and remove the wasp nest. As she said this my mind began to wonder. The wasps had managed to build a decent-sized wasp nest in the 12 hours since I had arrived home the previous evening. I couldn't imagine the size it would be by Monday. I also couldn't imagine being unable to leave my apartment for fear of being stung for at least 48 hours. Geez, don't do me any favors!
Finally after a long-winded explanation of what was considered an emergency and what was not she told me why I was lucky. She told me that the air-conditioning in one of the units in my building had gone out and that one of the maintenance guys was on-site working on it. Ok, let me see. No air-conditioning is considered an emergency worthy of bringing staff in on the weekend. However, being trapped in your apartment because there are wasps on your front door that may sting you and send you into anaphylactic shock is not so urgent. Understood. She went on to say that after he was finished repairing the air-conditioning unit that he would stop by and deal with the wasps.
Fortunately for me, the maintenance guy is a real sweet guy and came over immediately and took care of the wasps. He even sprayed my patio area to repell wasps from settling there in the future.
Clearly, my situation was not as serious as that of Mrs. Eloise Young from Pearland Texas:
Pearland, Texas-AP -- Police say a Houston-area woman probably owes her life to a set of keys.
The keys deflected a bullet during a robbery.
Relatives say 79-year-old Eloise Young of Pearland suffered a broken arm in yesterday's attack -- but if not for the keys, she might have been shot in the chest.
Her son-in-law says the bullet broke off two keys -- and part of the bullet went into her arm.
Police say it appears two suspects followed Young home after she stopped at a Wal-Mart. Officials are reviewing the store's surveillance tape in an effort to help identify them.
Investigators believe the shot was fired as the gunman struggled with Young in an effort to steal her purse.
All, I can say is wow and that Mrs. Young and I will be headed to Vegas shortly as she is indeed Lady Luck.
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posted by: Mal (reply)
post date: 05.11.04 (3:08 pm)
omg, I HATE wasps. HATE them. I'm not sure if I'm allerigic to them, as I've never been stung, and have never had an allergy test.
I saw my cousin stung once, and looking back, it was actually quite comical (but not at the time). We were sunbathing in the back yard, and it was REALLY hot out, so we turned the hose on the rinse off, and there was a small nest under the awning right above the hose.
This wasp flew down at her and stung her on the NOSE. Right on that little piece of cartilage that seperates the nostrils. My aunt was on the phone with my mom, and was like "Oh no, I have to go, Kelly's just been stung by a bee". Now, I live 4 houses down from my cousin, and in what seemed to be seconds, my mom came bustling around the corner with a jug of ammonia! (it was kinda funny)
They put that on the sting, and Kelly was fine; never had a reaction or anything. I remember watching Swiss Family Robinson on TV later that day too lol.
(As for your future and what's going on in your life, all you can do is pray and leave it up to God. Remember He takes care of his children, and he'll take good care of you. My parents were so poor after their wedding that they had to live on water and cereal, but they always had just enough, and never went hungry or homeless. I wish I could reach through the comp and hug you right now, but since it's not possible, *HHUUUUUGGGSSS*, and I'm praying for you all the time!!!)
posted by: newbie (reply)
post date: 05.12.04 (4:39 am)
Oh My! Shall I send Paul around to sort it out? Joolie xxx
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