July 20th, 2025

It was all my fault...

The roaches in my room have been kind of going crazy lately. I've never seen them in here before and now I see 2 or 3 a day. My room is still covered in comet bleach powder, I'm afraid it's the only thing deterring roaches right now... Anyways, I figured out why they are entering my room more. Since my partner is moving in with her pigeon, I can't use air fresheners anymore. Pigeons have sensitive respiratory systems. I didn't want to buy a new air freshener that I would only be able to use for a few weeks, so I just started doing the new pigeon friendly way to make my room smell nice: simmer pots. I've been boiling apple with a good amount of cinnamon and cloves to give my room a fresh scent!

The roaches did not like this

It turns out cinnamon and cloves mess up the roaches sense of direction. I think they might have been coming in here on accident. After seeing one this morning, I turned off the simmmer pot and didn't make my room smell strongly of cinnamon and cloves today. I haven't seen another one yet, hopefully the problem is solved. I also ordered caulk to seal the baseboards since I've seen them escape down there, too. Hopefully the roaches go back to leaving me alone after this!

I was reading that book again

"The Spear Cuts Through Water" by Simon Jimenez. I borrowed it from the library earlier this year but got depressed and lost my focus and gave up reading it for a while. Since I've had more focus lately, I borrowed it again so I can try to finish it. The way it's written is really unique and creates a really good flow and pacing, I strongly recommend reading it.