Ant Wars Episode I: The Bedroom Menace

For the first time that I can remember, my house has ants! ARGH!

I'm not as much grossed out by them as I am deeply annoyed by them. Especially since I found most of them conspiring UNDER MY BED! That is a NO GO zone! So, for the next few posts, I will be chronicling what will hereto for be known as, "Ant Wars."

We had seen a few in the living room this morning, carrying some cracker crumbs. Not wanting them to tell the other ants where a stash was located, I had them meet Mr. Vacuum. I figured they were coming from the foundation or something, and thought we'd see more in the living room.

Then, to my insult, I moved a pillow in our bedroom from off the floor, AND THERE WERE LIKE 40 ANTS UNDER IT! By this point, Daniel had taken the car to work, so there was no chance of me getting ant traps or poison for them. Again, I decided they should meet Mr. Vacuum. Mr. Vacuum has proven a precious ally in this saga so far.

Since we had clothes on the bedroom floor (yeah, yeah. I have clothing on the bedroom floor. I'm a horrible wife and mother...it's not like none of you have folded laundry lying around that hasn't been put away yet.) I picked them ALL up, put them ALL back in the hamper, and have like 4 loads of laundry to do instead of 1. (Curse you ant scum!) As I picked up the clothes, I found a HUGE congregation around a piece of food that was lying next to the trash bucket. Again, I called upon Mr. Vacuum for help. However, these ants were smarter than their fallen brethren. They had covered a chain of paper clips, and as Mr. Vacuum feasted on the ants and crumbs, he sucked up a chain of paper clips, which got stuck around the bristles of my vacuum.

For now, many ants have gone free. However, little do they know that I have located one of their bases under the bed and possibly in the wall.  Also, as they celebrate their assumed victory, they don't know that I was able to save Mr. Vacuum from an untimely death, and now it's personal. No one gets away with hurting my vacuum!