User blog:Havok1369/Personal battle with mini reapers...

So my own personal hell is finally ending. Short strokes so here goes. I have a dog. George. Half black lab, half setter. Big, long hair, 12 year old puppy. We were all set to head out for family vacation. National Lampoon style, drive across the country, visit family, let my two boys spend time with cousins. Real American Gothic type stuff. George was going to stay with friends. Being the considerate folks that we are we went to the groomers for a wash, some style, and pedicure for the old man. We pick him up and are informed he has fleas. Fleas. 4 letters that when combined in that order make my skin crawl. Not a fan. Oddly enough they look kinda like mini reaper ships. George is on the Frontline treatment so I ask the wife when his last dose was. "Oops. Week overdue." There are fleas in my house and we are leaving for 10 days. For those of you not as educated on the biology of the flea let me give you the crash course. The hatch from a shell like a butterfly. They look for blood. They suck blood. They mate. Lay hundreds of eggs. Those hatch into grub type things. Burrow deep in you carpet. Spin shells and wait for a trigger to break out en mass and assault you, you dog, you life. Sounds reaper enough to me. The whole process takes about 2.5 weeks. We are gone for 10 days. By my count we will come home to a infestation. I call a extermination company 3 times. They do not call back. We come home. They hatch. For the last 6 days I have been bombing, spraying, powdering, vacuuming, and cleaning every square inch of our house. Must note wife has been equally involved. This "war" has consumed me. I have been reduced to fighting fleas instead in saving the galaxy, playing with my two boys, or checking the wikia. Tonight I finally have not seen a flea in our home. The tide has turned in my favor. As I come back to my normal activities I learn that Earth DLC is on the verge. Platinum difficulty (YES!!) is reality. And, it is a multiplayer weekend, with gold reapers.....real reapers, not fleas. So to those that have never been invaded by fleas, avoid it. But if you do, I will share my tactics. Flea free, one day and counting.... Havok1369 (talk)