happy birthday to me

an ode to fleas.

happy birthday to me
the landlord's cat brought home fleas
now i have the heebie jeebies
and i won't go in the kitchen
(you can't make me!)

seriously though, in the future i am not doing long term care taking of someone else's cat. they wouldn't get preventative flea treatment, because she's an indoor cat. she has a record for finding ways out. now we have a pain in the arse having to deal with her fleas, as well as the potential of them spreading in our home (which happens to be 90% carpeted). they've been more than willing to take the cost of the remedy out of our rent, but really, this is one of those "ounce of prevention > pound of cure" things. serves me right. i almost insisted that she be treated with something like advantage but was afraid of offending them, it being their cat and all. *sigh*