there are wasps in my studio... big, fat, wasps... and in case you didn't know, i am horribly afraid of bugs... i get instant hot flashes if i see one and the place where the bug once was becomes hard for me to enter... so it's troublesome that i am finding wasps in my studio... i haven't been able to work in there since friday night and lemme tell you, my unfinished project is not even completed... and there are swap packages waiting to go out but i haven't the nerve to enter my working space...
it all began on friday night... just as i was about to grab for my x-files dvd, i saw a black/yellow wasp (supposedly male) sitting on my nic nacs... a bloody scream filled the air as i practically tumbled down the stairs to wake up ramel... he killed the thing and i desperately tried to forget the incident as i worked to finish up two packages, one being my vintage swap buddy... it wasn't easy... my hands shook, my body jumped every time i felt something touch my skin... the two boxes still couldn't be completed as my nerves were too shot...
so saturday night, it was all good... i finished the same two boxes and was about to work on the third when i got up to grab something... and there it was... flying around my ceiling light... a big black and blue wasp (female, and they are the stinging ones)... another chilling scream escaped my mouth and again i went downstairs to wake up ramel... i was scared and mad... ramel seemed nonchalant (although, it was 2am so it could have been lack of energy) and he looked all over for the wasp... i manned the door since the bottom has a big gap enough for the wasp to escape and attack with vengeance... apparently, ramel is uneasy with wasps too because he was upset when the cats refused to help him in the studio (they left outta there)... after one hour, ramel still couldn't find the darn thing so i was really mad... how can i work up there if a wasp is loose????? and goodness, i wanted to get the rest of my list done!!! i still have atc cards to complete... and swaps to pack... and illustrations to finish up... i was mad that ramel didn't kill it... i was mad that wasps were entering my studio and terrorizing me...
sunday morning he found it, and killed it... but now we both are worried... is there a wasp nest nearby? and if so, how can we afford an exterminator? we had a buddy help us look around the house to see if maybe one is swarming with these bugs but they only found "possible" spots... in the meantime, they figured the bugs are coming out of my studio closet (there is no door, only sheer curtains) so ramel took out what i needed and taped it up with plastic covering the whole entrance of the closet... now i am supposed to listen to see if wasps are in there... how absolutely horrifying!!!! i am scared to enter my own studio... and when i do, i immediately get hot flashes and horrible images of wasps attacking me and not being able to escape...
today i tried to muster up the courage but the plastic had fallen and well, lets just say my unfinished projects have remained unfinished... and to those who i am sending packages too, i really hope i can send it soon... i am tempted to make the kitchen my new studio space for the entirety of the summer just so i can get work done... but it defeats the purpose of having my own studio... sigh... this is not a happy matter...