Trapped

So being the moron that I am, I left a bowl of fruit sitting out on the kitchen counter while we were in Utah this past week. We came home to what feels like a house full of fruit flies that I have tried without success to get rid of. They are constantly swarming in my kitchen around my face and the things I am putting in my mouth. I thought after throwing out the fruit and dead flowers and wiping down the whole kitchen that they would go away. Not so. I still wake up to them each morning and get more and more irritated by them. I must be very vigilant about any of them landing in my cereal bowl or swimming in my drink. It has been three days. Why are they still alive? I googled "How to kill a fruit fly" online last night and set about making a trap for these pesky little flies. The site said to place some skinless fruit in a bowl and cover with saran wrap. Then poke holes in the top so that the flies can smell the fruit and will fight their way in to partake of the succulent rotting treat. The best part is is that they become trapped and can't find their way out. Brilliant!

I put the "trap" on the counter and went to bed. Charles came home late that night and removed the fruit to the refrigerator thinking I had been careless and cleaned the whole entire kitchen but left out this lonely half eaten peach neatly covered with saran wrap. I made him turn around and go right back downstairs to return it to its proper breeding ground. I then dreamed about fruit flies all night. I dreamed of making other incredibly brilliant traps as well as killing the flies with windex and sucking them up with the vacuum hose. I woke in the morning excited to see if my trap worked. Sure enough, there were several little flies trapped inside, much to my delight with several more on top desperately trying to figure out how to get in and partake of that tempting fruity delight, not knowing they will never see the outside world again! After Charles realized what my fruit covered bowl was for, he stated that he was afraid to get on my bad side for fear I would leave a piece of steak coverered with a thin layer of saran wrap poked with holes on his pillow. That might turn out to be an interesting experiment... Well, if anything I can add fruit flies to my list of pesky annoyances right after tapping birds!