And this would be why I hate summer..

Weatherwise, we don't have it too bad over here in Sydney. We had a couple of shocker days, and had to take iceblocks to bed one night, but its calmed down, and while it's still far hotter than I would like, it's now nothing like the south, where poor Lizzie has been melting away (my mother lives there too, and is still walking over 1km - about 3/4 mile - each way to and from work every day, because there are apparently no taxis).

But we have something Lizzie hasn't mentioned for a while.

As I was putting away the dishes from the drying rack yesterday (we do not have a functional dishwasher, everything is washed by hand and left in the drying rack on the counter to dry), I noticed some movement out of the corner of my eye. There were so many dishes it was hard to see what was going on, but as I cleared more and more away, it became apparent exactly what I was seeing.

The chopping board evidently hadn't been cleaned as thoroughly as we thought, because IT WAS COVERED IN ANTS. They were running around all over it, congregated mostly in one spot, which is where I'm assuming it got washed the least.

So I picked it up and dumped it in the sink, running hot water over it until I couldn't see any little writhing black bodies any more. Then I took everything off the counter, got out my can of bug spray, and I sprayed the heck out of the entire area. And the windowsill, where they all tried to flee to, and where I found another gazillion of the nasty little things.

And then I washed everything. Again. Twice.

I don't care about the water restrictions, THERE WERE ANTS ON MY DISHES!!!!!!!!!