This is my new skill.
The other day, Gus was in the kitchen when I was involved in another fly massacre. He said to Rebekkah, "Whoa, did you see your mother? She is deadly accurate with the fly swatter! They don't stand a chance!" I killed 10 flies in 4 minutes. I am not exaggerating.
Is this because I get the family rate of 5 cents for each fly I kill? No, it is because they drive me crazy. Why? Because the kids leave the door open and we have about 5-10 in the house at any given moment.
So, I have developed this new skill or we could even say "talent".
For those of you without a "deadly aim," let me just point out that I was less talented and accurate in May. Now that it is almost October, I have honed and refined my abilities. I believe that other people can develop this skill with ample opportunities to practice. I expect that by next May, I will be rusty and it will take me a few months to get up to speed, but until then........ flies beware!!!!
I have a side story about flies to relate. Last weekend, Rebekkah's friend Joslyn was in my kitchen. She saw a fly on the cupboard. She went up and grabbed it in her hand and took it outside. She said her big brother taught her how to do this. This may be a more humane and more skilled way to deal with flies than my tactics. Still, I am pretty sure that the fly she released, made it back into my kitchen the next day, when Julia left the door open, and I had to "take care of it". So, you can choose. Humanity with amazing hand-eye coordination or sanity with a "deadly aim".
Just so you know, I only use this skill at my home. I don't overcharge, but I also don't have any free time to be contracted out. You will have to develop your own skills if you have fly issues.
I have to go now. There is another fly buzzing around my ears!!!!!!!!!!
3 comments:
I hate flies! Especially when they mess with my face when I am trying to sleep. There will be no flies in my heaven. Good job on the new talent! You go girl!
Luckily my child isn't old enough to open a door. Just one more thing to look foward to I suppose.
Flies bother me, too. I remember that during the summer months in Chile, we had no choice but to leave all our windows open because of the heat (and no A/C), but that meant tons of flies. At least we didn't spend much time at home!
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