Musashi the Bee is dead... probably
The other day, while I was bringing in the laundry in the warm, sunny weather of a weekday off, it happened (in the style of Fujio Tokita).
I usually hang my laundry indoors, but since it was so warm, I figured it would probably be dry by evening.
It was spot on; it was relatively dry.
Just as I finished bringing in the laundry and thought I'd fold it...
I heard a buzzing sound coming from the pile of laundry.
Wondering what it was, I started folding, and it seemed to be coming from inside my jeans.
A Japanese beetle?
...Could it be one of those stink bugs that are popular right now?
Either way, I don't have a fetish for living with beetles, so I'd like them to leave.
Thinking that, I went to shake out the jeans.
Oh no.
Seriously, oh no.
Even if you didn't call me, I've popped out, ta-da!
Isn't that the giant hornet, the absolute apex of insects around here?!
Hey, why are you hiding in a 50-something single woman's jeans, you idiot!!!!
I panicked and let out a loud scream for the first time in a while.
Get out of here!!!!
I wonder if it's been since I screamed at my ex-husband when we were arguing right before our divorce.
I mean, it's an insect.
Words don't mean anything to it.
I guess when you panic, anything goes.
The giant hornet was buzzing all over the room.
This is bad, my room is going to be taken over.
If it builds a nest in my room, I won't be able to live here, but I'll still have to pay rent for the giant hornet.
I made up my mind, went to the kitchen to get some insecticide, and made a desperate spray at the giant hornet that had just landed on the curtain by the window!
It was desperate, but so was I.
I sprayed cockroach insecticide for several minutes.
...As a result of spraying more than half the can, the giant hornet fell from the curtain and stopped moving.
...I won!
I don't want to pick up the carcass with my bare hands, so I'll use disposable chopsticks.
It's huge.
It's over 5 centimeters long.
Its face is yellow, or maybe orange.
I can't let my guard down even if it stops moving, so I'll go to the bathroom and
flush it.
(Kids, don't try this at home)
However, although I had heard rumors about it, I now have the realization that bees really do get inside your clothes.
And so, a room smelling of insecticide was left behind.
Anyway, where did Musashi go?
