‘Are they nits?’ I said aghast.
‘No,’ he said darkly, ‘weevils.’
Unfortunately my response was to start giggling.
‘Have you any idea what it’s like to put a spoonful of insects in your mouth?’ he said. ‘I could have died. And, more importantly, so could they.’
Then, just as he was tipping the bowl into the correct food recycling bin, he cried, ‘Ants!’ There was a neat line of ants coming from the basement door to the food recycling bin. When he tried to move back the curtain to get rid of them, a small cloud of moths fluttered out.
‘Aaargh! It’s like the Nine Plagues of Egypt in here!’ he said.
An
d even though he laughed, and gave me a very sexy kiss in the hall, he did not say anything about impending weekend and I have a feeling something is wrong – even if only the combined insult to his three great loves: insects, food and recycling.
Noon. Gaah! Is noon already and have not prepared any of my Thoughts.
12.05 p.m. Still Roxster has not texted. Maybe I should text him? Clearly, in textbook terms, the gentleman should text the lady first after intercourse, but perhaps the whole socio-etiquettical system breaks down when an insect plague is involved.
12.10 p.m. Right. Hedda Gabbler.
12.15 p.m. Just texted:
12.20 p.m. Right. Excellent. Hedda Gabbler. Roxster has not replied.
12.30 p.m. Roxster has still not replied. This is not like Roxster.
Maybe will check emails. Sometimes Roxster switches electronic mediums just to show off.
Inbox is overrun not only by Ocado, ASOS, Snappy Snaps, Cotswold Holiday Cottages, links to amusing YouTube clips, offers of Mexican viagra, save the dates for Cosmata’s Build-A-Bear party, but also rash of parent mass emails over Atticus’s missing shoes.
Sender:
Nicolette Martinez
Subject:
Atticus’s shoes
Atticus came home wearing Luigi’s shoe but his other shoe is also not his nor is it labelled. I would appreciate the return of both of Atticus’s shoes, both of which were clearly labelled.
12.35 p.m. Decided to join in group exchange to show solidarity and take mind off work.
Sender:
Bridget Billymum
Subject:
Re: Atticus’s shoes
Just to clarify – did Atticus and Luigi go home from swimming just wearing one shoe each?
12.40 p.m. Hee hee, have triggered funny mass email response: jokes about children coming home with no trousers, knickers, etc.
Sender:
Bridget Billymum