After dinner I came back up to my room and I was sitting on my bed on my computer researching some holiday plans and I heard a buzzing. I started looking around. Almost immediately I saw the wasp (la guêpe) flying about three feet away from me. It landed on a bag near my wardrobe and I picked up my computer, ran out of the room and shut my door. Needless to say I am not a huge fan of bugs. I know the general advice is "if you don't bother them they won't bother you" but there was no way in hell I was going to stay in my room and pretend everything was ok and then eventually go to sleep with it still lingering around.
First thing I do is tell my host sister that there is an insect in my room. I used my computer to look up bee (l'abeille) so she would know. Her eyes got really big and the first thing she said was "J'ai trop peur!" and immediately called for her mom. The bug in my room had officially turned into a family affair. It was actually pretty funny. My host mom came upstairs got some clothes and was making fun of me and Emmanuelle. At this point no one had gone into the room again. Emmanuelle kept telling me she was scared and eventually me and my host mom went into the room to find the bug.
Of course when we went in we couldn't find it. My host mom found out that her spray wasn't working so I stayed in the room looking for the wasp. Of course I found it, under my chair. I involuntarily let out a shriek as I was running out of the room and closing the door again. Both my host mom and Emmanuelle were cracking up.
Long story short my host mom came into the room with me again, we found the wasp again, this time on my mirror frame. My host mom dispatched it quickly with wasp spray and I picked it up with a piece of paper and tossed it out.
We are officially into bug season and they are bigger here than in Alaska. My host mom saw it and said it wasn't very big at all. I definitely disagree! I would hate to see what she considers a big bug!
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