[Oabs] Something that bugs me.

[Darian via Oabs]

Dear MS. Tim Brooke fellow (a.k.a. Emily)
As you and everyone else knows, I am not from Ohio, nor do I live there (yet).
Anyway, this is a great topic I wanted to chime in if you will allow 
I first think that it is important to come to understand that and insect phobia is not at all uncommon. In fact, the phobia itself and the question of how to deal with it is something that humans of every color, creed and visual acuity face 
So, my personal opinion is that the creation of insect screens (the stuff you put on your windows and doors), mouse traps and bug zappers and varying types of natural and chemical pesticides are in play when devising how one counteracts ever so annoying invasion of pests.
I think the first thing that is highly important is to keep your residence as clean as you can make it. Is make sure home more hospitable to humans 
But less hospitable to the nonhumans 

I grew up in places where you had rats, aunts, and roaches (Yep I grew up in the hood :-))
Learned from my mother that cleanliness fixes a good bit of the problem. She is cited actually.  I also would tried to install screen on windows and doors for the summer and try to understand that when the weather is hot, the insects want in. 
If you like cats and you live in a place where you can have one, they tend to keep away the smaller critters 

Because I have a difficult time being able to tell 
I think this is all I can think of at the moment (I totally love the pun in the subject line).
I think I will "buzz "off now.
 Darian

> On Jun 2, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Emily Pennington via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> With the summer season very much in evidence, I think it a very appropriate
> time for this post.
> 
> Let me give a preface. I am a well-functioning, mostly happy college kid. I
> can do laundry, and I am slowly but surely mastering the culinary arts. In
> short, I can't wait to live independently.
> 
> However, I have always had one huge phobia which causes me to regress into a
> helpless, quivering child: insects. I hate them all; even butterflies
> landing on me scare the crap out of me. I know that bugs have a very
> important place on this earth, and as long as they keep to themselves
> outside, I am completely fine with that. What freaks me out is when they
> appear in my house, on my desk, or worse, on my flesh. The hornet's nest
> incident of '07 - about which most of you have heard in great detail - has
> only increased my fear. The stinkbugs love my room in the winter, and many a
> wasp turns up in our upstairs bathroom during the summer. I hate them, and I
> feel helpless when they're around. How do I kill something that I can't
> find, let alone something with a painful stinger? My paralyzing fear of bugs
> also leads me to worry about what I'll do in the future when I have to kill
> the inevitable rodent in my house. I always joke that I'll marry somebody
> who will kill all of the vermin, but I know that won't always work. More
> importantly, I need to come up with a system for being able to detect,
> locate, and safely and successfully exterminate unwanted insects when I'm by
> myself. After all, I won't live with my bug-killing parents forever.
> 
> So, my fellow blind brethren, I ask you: What do you do in these situations?
> I know that not everyone has lived on their own in a non-dorm setting yet,
> but in any case, how have you - or how would you - handle it? I'm sure
> Deborah and Eric are veteran exterminators and have some great tips as well.
> I'm anxious to hear your thoughts and war stories - not only to get some
> good laughs, but also to give me some good ideas on how to work with my
> phobia.
> 
> Thanks, everyone, and have a great week. Enjoy the sun!
> 
> 
> 
> Emily
> 
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