I’m cursing my apartment once again - WHY, WHY, WHYYYYYYY do I always experience bizarre and disgusting infestations?! I’m not a pig - It’s not like there are rotting bagels under my bed or mountains of dirty laundry. Stink lines don’t emanate from the roof, and I sweep often. Occasionally I’ll leave a few dishes in the sink, but it’s not like I live in a cave strewn with chicken bones and dust. So WHY were there MAGGOTS AGAIN by my front door?? I was innocently chopping carrots for a 17 bean soup when I saw something wriggling by the doormat. To my shock and horror, there they were AGAIN - putrid, centimeter long sacks of yellow flesh, squirming in masses by the rug. This is the THIRD time this has happened, and I’m stumped. Are they from flies that find their way in when the door is open? Is there something decaying in the floorboards? Do my shoes carry in maggot eggs? I freaked out and swept, sprayed, spritzed and swiffered and removed them, and now I have that icky, crawly feeling all over my body.
I’m sorry to say this, but I’m happy that my lease has ended and I’m movin’ on come September 1. This guesthouse has been rockin in terms of privacy and convenience, but it was built by hand and used to be a garage, so it’s simply home to way too many other things. I’ve had to be roommate to spiders, earwigs, cockroaches, maggots, mice, beetles, aphids and a random blue jay - it’s time to move on. And I’ve been so good about spraying.. Surely you all remember the cockroach post - and this time I’m not so filled with anger, but disappointment. I am a clean person, but finding maggots makes me think I should stop bathing and move under a bridge. Pests imply filth, so in my mind, even though I am a fan of Lysol wipes and Windex, I feel like Pigpen.
Where are they coming from? Do you think they just come in under the front door? (The weather stripping is pretty much nonexistent…) Do you have any nasty pests that keep plaguing you with their visits?
*NOte: NEVER google image search “maggots.” I’m pretty resentful that I did.
missalyss
I must say your blogs make me warm and fuzzy. I love them! even when they are about maggots and all that is creepy. I’m sorry you find random shit in your apt. I dont get really freaked out. I killed a huge spider the other day that was lurking in the closet, eck! Good luck apartment hunting, i’ll send good vibes!
You’re right. One should not do a google image search for maggots…