Flies Can Run, But They Can't Hide

Sorry it has been so long since I have blogged. I caught a nasty stomach virus and since my body hasn't had any exposure to Mongolian viruses, it apparently hit me harder than it should have. I'm finally getting better though. Not much has happened in the last week. Tonight the Jaquiths get in, so all the kids are very excited. I have always been under the assumption that flies only live for 24 hours. I think I got that from A Bug's Life so it is not exactly trustworthy information, but still... Well, last Wednesday or so, a fly got into our room and thoroughly annoyed us. He would fly all around our faces and by our ears and was just a huge annoyance. We decided to just wait it out and let him run his natural course of 24 hours, but he kept coming back day by day. By the time Saturday rolled around, it had become John vs. Fly. I cannot tell you how many pairs of jeans I saw flying through the air at a small, black, buzzing object. John tried smashing it with a book, stepping on it, staring him down, verbally abusing it, and anything else he could think of, but to no avail. Finally, Sunday night came and we were in our beds reading. All of a sudden, I saw a blur of movement as John swung his book at the fly. He missed, but this time, giving up was not an option. He jumped out of bed and picked up a pair of jeans. He began chasing the fly throughout the apartment swing wildly. At one point in time, the fly land on our shelf/clothes rack. John swung so hard that he bent the metal bar on it. But yet again, the fly eluded John's grasp. The fly had to have been tired by that time, so it landed on the ceiling, thinking that little John couldn't reach that high. That was the last mistake he ever made. With a leap and gigantic swing of his pants, John smashed the fly. He began yelling his greatness and triumph, not really concerned about any neighbors. They would have understood though if they knew what John went through to get that fly. So anyway, their is now one less fly in Mongolia. John wins.