Lauren Reagan Writing Online

Another shooting has just taken place in a school. This time it happened in South Carolina, and it was a student shooting a coach! What the heck is going on here? Remember when schools and churches were considered safe havens? These are now two places one should be scared to go.

Not a good way for the day to start when you go outside to get into your truck, only to find that your driver’s side window has been completely smashed out. It seems that there has been an increase in the surrounding neighborhood in vehicle vandalism, by way of smashing windows and windshields, such as mine.Since I only carry the minimum required liability insurance on my truck, this is going to be an out of pocket expense, to the tune of $200. I spent an hour or so, calling around to the local auto window repair companies getting several estimates, it was interesting to see the variety of numbers that were quoted, the last being the most expensive.

When I sounded a bit alarmed at the highest estimate, the gentleman told me that their policy of matching their competitors prices would come into play, which brought the total down a bit and is now scheduled to being done by a national company (Safelite), who will send their mobile unit out, replace any necessary moldings, and vacuum out of the old glass that is still all over the inside of the truck while reducing their price by $50, just by me taking the time to talk to this guy and using my bartering skills, which I’ve been known for.

Today’s news is that those pesky little black ants are back, in the bathroom and the kitchen both, they arrive here every spring. They actually came out about a month ago, but I immediately put out the ant traps and sprayed and thought that I had nipped it in the bud, guess I was wrong, silly me.What I believe has happened is that the “heatwave” has finally ended this morning, and after a whole day yesterday, of rain and thunderstorms, the little buggers have come back with and with a vengeance!

A few years ago, one of my close friends was dating a pest control dude, who for three years after they stopped seeing each other, he would still come over every year come spring and do a real good professional job for us that would do an amazing job of keeping the ants under control. But he hasn’t been around for the past several years and we are left to our devices of ant traps and sprays!

I hate bugs of any kind!