Confessions Of A Bug Assassin
My cat Puce has really big paws and enjoys hunting bugs, so I usually leave the insect encounters to him. However, there are times when I feel the need to get involved. I don’t go out of my way to kill a bug, but if one is determined to invade my space, even after I’ve swatted it away a few times, then all bets are off.
It is on that note that my tale begins.
It was a lovely Saturday afternoon and I had a refreshing glass of iced tea in my hands. No sooner had I sat down then a fly started buzzing around the room, seemingly determined to land somewhere in the vicinity of my face. I put the cup down next to me and covered the top with a paper towel before I shooed the fly away. One second went by, then two, and I casually lifted the paper towel from my cup and took a sip of the delicious iced tea.
As you can probably already guess, the fly wasn’t done. He came back, zooming so close to my ear that I can still hear the buzzing if I try. That did it. I covered my tea and grabbed a junk mail pamphlet as my weapon of choice. I noticed my nemesis strolling on the window pane and stealthily made my way toward him. Alas, the fly was a worthy adversary and wedged himself where I couldn’t get at him. After a moment, I shrugged, and decided to let bygones be bygones as long as the fly kept his distance.
He didn’t.
Once more I sat down, determined to savor my iced tea. This time I didn’t even get a chance to remove the paper towel from my cup. The fly taunted me, circling around my head, then going to the window, before making a return flight. I realized I wouldn’t be able to enjoy my beverage until I smote the dastardly creature.
We engaged in a strange sort of pantomime, where I would go to the window, and the fly would go back to his hiding spot, then I would sit down, and the fly would dive-bomb my face, or buzz past my ears before returning to the window. This lasted for the better part of two hours before I finally managed to sneak up on the fly and squashed–literally–any hopes he might have had about continuing our epic battle.
While I don’t have President Obama’s awesome Miyagi-like skills in the fly swatting department, I do have patience, determination, and a love of iced tea. 
Today is the release day for Melissa’s book Bite Me, and it’s also the release day for Tessa’s book Goddess of the Hunt!
