Well, you just never know what a week will bring around here.... In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, we woke to a horrible smell in Ryan's room, like something was dead. At first I thought there might have been a mouse in the wall, but it was such a strong smell we reasoned it might be a squirrel. Ugh! It was horrible, and it was stinking up the whole house! I sniffed around the walls enough to find the source- right by Ryan's bed- and I was ready when the maintenance guys knocked on the door. If they weren't willing to cut a hole in the wall and get out whatever it was, I was going to do it myself. Luckily they agreed and Ryan and I went upstairs to watch. They cut a square, carefully pulled it back, and YELLED for us to RUN. What?? A swarm of HORNETS suddenly filled the room. Ry and I got out in time, but one of the guys was not so lucky.
Instead of a dead squirrel, they found a hornet's nest, two feet wide and four feet high! It had gotten wet in the storm the day before (I knew those winds were crazy!), hence the awful smell. It took about three hours, six cans of wasp spray, a professional exterminator, and a big shop vac to clear out the nest.
They patched it all up for the night, but it wasn't safe for us to be in the room. And we are still finding hornets all around the house!
The remaining hornets are pretty traumatized, so I didn't have the heart to kill any. We caught several and let them go outside. There was one flying around the living room this afternoon, so I called David home from work to deal with it. If all goes well, Ryan should be back in his room early next week.
Instead of a dead squirrel, they found a hornet's nest, two feet wide and four feet high! It had gotten wet in the storm the day before (I knew those winds were crazy!), hence the awful smell. It took about three hours, six cans of wasp spray, a professional exterminator, and a big shop vac to clear out the nest. 
They patched it all up for the night, but it wasn't safe for us to be in the room. And we are still finding hornets all around the house!
The remaining hornets are pretty traumatized, so I didn't have the heart to kill any. We caught several and let them go outside. There was one flying around the living room this afternoon, so I called David home from work to deal with it. If all goes well, Ryan should be back in his room early next week.
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OH, MY WORD!!!! SICK...Creep me out...NASTY!!! I am so sorry!
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