What is healthy to say is not always what is healthy for others to hear.  But there are no strict rules about that here on this blog, so here we are...

We're on day 2 of battle against a flea infestation here on our house.  The original source has been presumably dealt with, but we've now gotta handle the aftermath of fleas in various areas of the house, which basically has meant lots of spraying, laundry, and vacuuming.  We've made progress, but there's definitely still a battle ahead.  I've never been so excited to vacuum the floor before......

So yeah that has been occupying the bulk of my time and mental energy lately.  Though somehow I am still managing to get other things done, like my monthly pixel album artwork.  I have definitely been suffering from a handful of bites, but thankfully don't seem to be reacting too intensely, which is good.  In other words, most of the damage is mental -_-.  Tomorrow's menu is gonna be yet more vacuuming...at this point I'm basically set on vacuuming daily until there's reason not to.  It's annoying, emotionally, not being able to have a place that you know is safe, besides in the middle of a shower I guess.  On a more rational level you just kind of have to accept that you're gonna have some on you at some point biting you, there's no real escaping it, but still there's a part of your brain that just gets really paranoid.  Not that a single flea bite is super gross or unpleasant physically, but just the idea of something on you that is actively making the problem worse, and potentially contributing to spreading the infestation around, ends up making you really anxious.  So I guess right now it's mostly just an exercise of trusting in the process and the results.

Unfortunately have a nice synthetic fleece blanket that is a casualty of the battle, as it got washed in too-warm-water and is now no longer soft like before.  Regret...

Not really sure what else there is to be said.  I've been hanging on in there with social studies homework from time to time -- watched a full documentary yesterday while trying to hole up from the fleas.  Other than that.....yeah, really not much else.  When you're thrown into hardship like this you basically just focus on wanting to get out of the woods.  It's hard to stop and smell the roses with bees buzzing around you.