I May As Well Sleep On The Floor

I can officially say that I am not safe anywhere!! I thought my bed was the one place that I would always be able to go when everything became too much and I could just hide away from all my worries...the critters...the stress...the boogeyman.  I'm supposed to be able to crawl beneath my covers, tuck in my mosquito net (REALLY tight), and fall into a dreamless slumber and awake in the morning without incident.  But...all this, only in a perfect world.

I didn't have to work today due to it being a Catholic Holiday in Rwanda so I went to bed around midnight last night.  When I finally crawled into my bed, I was pooped.  I slept sooo very good last night and even got to sleep in today until 8am!  When awoke, I moved my feet around in the bed so that I could turn my body to get up.  As I was moving my feet I felt crumbs in my bed and thinking nothing of it, I swept my hand across the bed to wipe them off and onto the floor.  However, as soon as I did this, I realized that there wasn't a reason in the world why I should have had crumbs in my bed.  I hadn't woken up for any midnight snacks and my bed was spotless clean before I finally closed my eyes for the night.  A little bit fearful of what I might find beneath my covers, I moved them aside anyway...and found none other than...

...ANTS!!! Ohemgee! There were about a hundred little black (dead) ants scattered all over my bed!  I tell no tales when I say that all I wanted to do was cry as I thought about how all of these ants were probably crawling all over me in my sleep!  I have no idea where they came from or how the even got in my bed!  My body lotion is unscented so I'm not even sure what may have attracted them to my bed!  I snatched my sheet off of the bed immediately and started to shake it out (gently, so no ants would fly onto me).  I was soo bugged out...LITERALLY!  The bed bugs were bad before, but I never in a million years would have guessed that I'd wake up to find myself resting in a nest of hungry little ants.  I may as well be sleeping on the floor!

Love and Peace Corps,

Dametreea