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walkitoutIn theory, I’ll be going out to dinner later tonight, too. We’ll see.
The piano guy came over and tuned the piano. His baby is now 1! So amazing! Also, apparently having a lot of Just Started Walking / Running accidents.
Terminix guy came over before that (no overlap — so convenient! Altho phone call overlapped with both and T.’s arrival home, so, meh). He doesn’t see any evidence of bed bugs, bat bugs or, really anything else. Bummer. We are now in a wait and see mode: keep the interceptors around and see if anything shows up. We’re supposed to keep any bugs (tape or bag) and can send him a picture. If bites happen without ever seeing a bug again, we can take whoever has the bites to a dermatologist. They can apparently narrow down what it might be using magnification to get a good look at the bite.
I read a little bit more about possible alternatives (mites, scabies, spiders, basically). None of them look like a great match. The eyelid bites, in particular, are really indicative of bed bugs. I don’t love ambiguity, but I guess I do kind of like having learned a few things. The 70% of people don’t show welts when bit by a bed bug is apparently completely mythical. And the 400 days dormancy thing with bed bugs only happens in an uninhabited, cool situation, so not a house with people sleeping in it. That’s something. Also, one of the treatment options is cold CO2! They have a hose thing they can use that shoots super cold CO2 like on baseboards and so forth. I had no idea! You can also get a canister of CO2 that feeds into a lure, not unlike what we have in the back yard during the summer for mosquitos.
The piano guy came over and tuned the piano. His baby is now 1! So amazing! Also, apparently having a lot of Just Started Walking / Running accidents.
Terminix guy came over before that (no overlap — so convenient! Altho phone call overlapped with both and T.’s arrival home, so, meh). He doesn’t see any evidence of bed bugs, bat bugs or, really anything else. Bummer. We are now in a wait and see mode: keep the interceptors around and see if anything shows up. We’re supposed to keep any bugs (tape or bag) and can send him a picture. If bites happen without ever seeing a bug again, we can take whoever has the bites to a dermatologist. They can apparently narrow down what it might be using magnification to get a good look at the bite.
I read a little bit more about possible alternatives (mites, scabies, spiders, basically). None of them look like a great match. The eyelid bites, in particular, are really indicative of bed bugs. I don’t love ambiguity, but I guess I do kind of like having learned a few things. The 70% of people don’t show welts when bit by a bed bug is apparently completely mythical. And the 400 days dormancy thing with bed bugs only happens in an uninhabited, cool situation, so not a house with people sleeping in it. That’s something. Also, one of the treatment options is cold CO2! They have a hose thing they can use that shoots super cold CO2 like on baseboards and so forth. I had no idea! You can also get a canister of CO2 that feeds into a lure, not unlike what we have in the back yard during the summer for mosquitos.