So, about a week or so ago, I was really worn out one evening and after the girls went to bed, I decided to take a hot bath. This is not something I do regularly, but it sounded really nice, especially in a jetted tub. I got into the really hot bath, put my feet up and started to relax. After being in there for about, oh, only 25 seconds, I noticed something odd. At the water level, all the way around, there were little black things floating around. I looked closer and saw that these "things" were also climbing up the side of the tub, above the water level. So, I quickly stood up, jumped out of the tub and yelled for Sam. We examined them closely and noticed that they are actually red in color and really tiny, but they are alive and crawling all over. I drained the tub and washed them all down. I was fully repulsed as well as angry that I didn't get the bath I was hoping for.
Fast forward 1 week (this morning.) As I was getting ready, Jenna was still in her pajamas playing with her doll, blanket, binki, doll's bottle, and more. She told me that the baby needed a bath and wanted to get into our tub, so I put her in with all her toys to pretend to give her baby a bath. She was playing in there for a fair amount of time until I was done and I told her it was time to get out. As I went to pick her up, yep, I noticed them ALL OVER the tub! I freaked out, thinking that they were in her hair, jammies, on her binki, infested in her blanket, etc. And they probably were until I washed everything top to bottom. After I cleaned everything else up, I went to kill the ones still in the tub. I was watching the little suckers and noticed how fast they are considering how tiny they are. But even though they are small, they travel by the hundreds, so it makes them seem huge!
Sam did a little research and found out that they are called Clover Mites. It sounds like they are pretty harmless, but they like this new warmer weather we are having. And oddly enough, they usually are found on the south side of houses. Are bath tub is on the south side wall. So, now, everytime I walk by our tub, I get the heeby-geebies and check to see if I need to wash more down. Gross huh?
1 comment:
That really is a gross story. Is there anything you can do to get rid of them? Especially thinking they were all over Jenna. I bet your skin itched for the rest of the day!
Post a Comment