It's Just A Roach!

2011-12-02T09:43:00.000-08:00

It's mid-day Friday, I'm laying here on my teammates couch, with absolutely nothing to do, and I love it. It's our only day off this week---and it's a break thats much needed.
When I first arrived in my apartment in Baku, I thought..."this is going to be a cleaning nightmare." I found spider webs throughout the apartment, while assessing the kitchen, I opened up drawers to webs, spiders, & onion peels... did someone live here before and just never use any of these drawers?
Did they never attempt to knock down the webs in the house...?
Maybe I just see them because I'm taller? So I'm thinking, I'm definitely in some creepy haunted house type shyt...and that was confirmed when I opened up my bathroom door and saw my first roach in the sink! I freaked! I turned the water on full blast so it wouldn't get away, and I watched it as the roach was pummeled with unruly water through the spigot spraying everywhere... In the back of my mind, I knew roaches were strong swimmers . . .I think I even saw a special that said, if the entire world went to hell, roaches, most likely could be the lone survivors... (random channel surfing info) Regardless, I wanted to put it to the test. I thought there was no way it was going to survive the strength of the water pounding on its body... it played dead in the water until... I turned the water off, then the bastard started swimming freely in it...backstroking and all <--okay an exaggeration-but he wasn't dead... "Damnit," I thought. I turned the water back on...

#FACT: Roaches can swim and hold their breath for 40 minutes. But they breathe through their sides--not their noses--which makes it tough to come up for air.

I was only a couple days into my new home, so I hadn't bought any cleaning supplies for the apartment. I didn't want to use a shoe because i didn't want roach guts on my shoes, silly I know.... plus I despise feeling the skeleton crush between the shoe and the surface it's on. So I looked around, and behind the toilet, I found a toilet cleaner .. you know the one with the swan-like neck . I took that, let the water drain in the sink and I took the toilet cleaner and went straight Goldie Hawn on that roach. 100% overboard w/the toilet cleaner- I drenched the entire sink, leaving almost nothing left in the bottle. The roach finally layed beside the drain & went to little roach heaven... or wherever it is that roaches go to when they die.
One thing we all know about roaches is, if there is one...there's gotta be more. So This morning the exterminator came & In order not to inhale the anonymous chemicals generously sprayed throughout my house, I had to leave. Two women came today, regularly dressed, in cleaning attire (a long dress, and stockings, scarves), and with two big bags.
1.My first thought was, where's the guy with the jumpsuit and a mask. . . and some high-tech machine w/ x-ray vision that can find the little roach colonies strategically hidden throughout my apartment.
2.Second thought. . . are these women qualified to be spraying and LEAVING harmful inhalants around my house---I mean when we left they didn't even open any windows or anything...
3. Third thought. . . Dear Baby Jesus please let the roaches, and spiders be gone when I get home.
4. Fourth thought. . . If they die, will they come out and die . . .? Will I have to clean their shells up myself? Or do they die in their little caves. . .wherever that may be? Or do they just runaway when they smell the chemicals, and if so where do they run to? Dear Kim, Why do you care where they run to, just care that they're gone...Get it Together!
All these questions lead me to one simple conclusion... I don't know jack about killing roaches...

The lady, just finished "cleaning" my apartment after the spray, and airing out my house... but Now I'm back home as my Friday is coming to a close. Everything looked good after the cleaner left, until I was going to the bathroom, and one of my answers had been SOLVED when I saw a roach upside-down outside the door... first it tried to play possum... still, like it was dead..then when I came out of the bathroom it was moving something fierce, trying to turn over.. I FREAKED! It's so disgusting!

#FACT DID YOU KNOW ROACHES HAVE 6 LEGS AND 18 KNEES wth??

So as I'm trying to take a picture of it, before I'm going to pour toilet cleaner on it, the Speedy Gonzalez of roaches came from under the closet where it lay in front. When I tried to grab something to kill it, it jetted out under a dresser .. Needless to say, I'm not happy right now... NOPE not ONE bit .... !!!
I think that spray made all the roaches relocate... and I BETTER not find one in my room- or the kid is going to have to move... because I'll be damned if I wake up w/little roach baby eggs in my ear. NOPE won't do it... NOPE!

Side Note: The other day, I was walking out of my room to go to the restroom, when I looked down at the floor & caught this incredibly dark, and thick spider creeping in silence... I wen HAM on that spider w/my shoe, left it right next to the front door... because there's no way I'm picking it up... (Yeah yeah...i know!) but I went to practice when I got home, the spider's body was eaten and there were like 2 legs left.... Dear Kim, You're Not In Kansas Anymore :0X

Aside from my "mild" pest infestation Baku, is good. The city is growing quickly in preparation for EuroVision. Baku is really stepping it's game up. I wish they could do something about the quality of water here though, apparently, through my google researching, I found that the water supply in Baku is incredibly poor filled with bacteria, & protozoa ... yikes!!(and I've always brushed my teeth with this water) I ALWAYS drink bottled water, but that hasn't stopped me, and quite a few others from getting our fair share of "stomach" issues while here.

Volleyball:
We just began both, our Azerbaijani season, and the Champions League season. Last Saturday we played against Lokomotiv II and we won in 3. Yesterday we played our 1st Champions League match, and we won 3-0 vs. a very good team from France. We have a strong team, but we know that the teams we'll face are just as strong... I think we have what it takes to win Champions League this year... One game at a time. . . I'll keep you updated ... Monday we leave for Dresden, Germany for our 2nd match of Champions League... Wish Us Luck! :0) All Champions League Games Can Be Seen On LAOLA1.tv
Here are a few pics from previous games :0)

What I'm Listening To Right Now: (in no particular order)
1. Ernie -by Fat Freddys Drop
2. 5 O'Clock in the Morning - by Wiz Khalifa ft.L Lily Allen
3. Dog Days Are Over - by Florence + The Machine
4. Heartbeat - by Childish Gambino
5. Wash. -by Bon Iver
6. May - by James Durbin
7. Stand Up - by Javier Colon
8. Million Faces - by Paolo Nutini
9. Guns Of Brixton - by Jimmy Cliff
10. It Will Rain - by Bruno Mars

What I'm Reading:

The Kim Glass Blog

It's Just A Roach!