roaches love chocolate cake.

I'm totally convinced.

They also love piles of dirty laundry.
Wet hair.
Peeled, but only half-eaten bananas.
Dishes on the counter top.
Unmade beds.
Towels left on the floor.
Cereal boxes left open,
and sneaking into my room whenever the door is open.

I have no evidence to support my conclusions -anecdotal nor otherwise.

Before we came here I was warned about the roaches. "They're like four inches long!" "They're all over the place." "You can watch them run when you turn the lights on, it's like the whole floor is moving."

I was mentally prepared to have to share a room with the roaches. To date I have seen 5 of them. All out of doors, thankfully!! However, I keep expecting to come across one or two in places like my diaper bag, or the pocket of a dirty pair of jeans. I have one truly horrid image of one half in and half out of The Babe's mouth. (Hey, totally happened to my mom. I ate half a roach when I was his age. True story.)

But, so far, so good.

I've just become a total clean freak for the time being.
Probably not a bad thing.