It’s been hellaciously hot in L.A. this week, so the fleas that I thought I’d gotten rid of are back with a MASSIVE vengeance. The only real solution is to flea-bomb the house to kill ’em all.
The problem is, flea-bombing is a stupidly elaborate and time-consuming process, since it has a tendency to cover everything in a sticky, disgusting, chemical-filled film. You therefore have to cover some stuff up in advance, and wash a lot more stuff off afterwards.
I’m also working ridiculously late (or early, depending on your perspective). Our crew call was really late, and my call was 5:30 PM. That means they expect to be shooting until at least 5:30 AM. You know it’s going to be a long night when the thing that will cause filming to stop is the sunrise.
All that in mind, here is my rough schedule for the next 36 hours:
Now-6AM: Work in my office where they’ve turned off the air conditioning. Possibly longer.
6-7AM: Drive back to Santa Monica, try to obtain a flea fogger at Ralph’s (the grocery store).
7-8AM: Prepare apartment for fogging by putting all open food and dishes in either the fridge or the dishwasher and sealing.
8AM-9AM: Drop Chaplin off for flea dip, go to pet store and get flea fogger if Ralph’s didn’t have one.
9:30 AM – Set off flea fogger. Flee to Nate’s house and take a nap for 2-3 hours while flea fogger does its bit.
12 Noon-1PM – Go home, open windows and let apartment air out.
1PM-2PM – Return to Nate’s and napping, let apartment finish airing out.
2PM-3PM – Retrieve cat from groomers, take him home. Start to clean up.
3PM-9PM – Continue cleaning and laundering. Probably pass out from exhaustion. Hopefully will not die from whatever toxic fumes remain in my apartment.
9PM-11PM – Wake up, realize I never made it to the gym and that now I have to go in the morning. Finish cleaning.
11PM-6AM – Sleep.
6AM-9AM – Get up, go to the gym, go to work.
If I don’t post for several days, send help.