There’s a HUGE cockroach on my toothbrush!!!

On Sunday night, I am blurry-eyed and ready for a long night of sleep. I begin doing my nightly routine of setting up my IV nutrition called TPN, washing my face, putting my pajamas on, etc.

I open the cabinet in my bathroom to place my hair tie inside. I take my dental floss, yank out a small strand, and place the dental floss back in the cabinet. I floss my teeth. I set down my dental floss strand and am now ready to brush my teeth. I look into the cabinet to grab my toothbrush. There is a HUGE cockroach crawling right toward my toothbrush. I am stunned. Where did this massive bug come from? I look at the cabinet. In the back, there is a small hole which allows an electrical wire to run from an outlet on the side of the cabinet to the wall behind the cabinet. Is that where this creature came from? How did it fit its gigantic body through such a small hole?

When I regain my faculties, the cockroach is now hanging out on my toothbrush. “Rats!” I think to myself. I was hoping the cockroach would crawl out of the cabinet, but now it seems to be taking up residence on my toothbrush. I am growing impatient waiting for the cockroach to move. I do not want to disturb it. I want it to crawl forward out of the cabinet.

The cockroach finally makes it way toward me. I am dying from exhaustion. All I want to do is go to bed. I have a sandal in my hand, poised to strike the cockroach. When the massive critter crawls out of the cabinet, I strike too soon. The cockroach is shielded from a direct blow because my sandal hit the side of the cabinet. My exhaustion greatly impeded my cockroach killing skills. The cockroach, as quick as lightning, darts back into the cabinet. I am overwhelmed with disgust. I shut the cabinet door and hope however the cockroach got into the cabinet, he can find his way back out.

I hurry out of the bathroom and close the bathroom door behind me. I do not want the cockroach to find its way out of the bathroom and crawl into bed with me. I push aside the thoughts that a massive cockroach is throwing a party in my bathroom cabinet. I quickly fall asleep.

In the morning, I search for the cockroach, but I do not find it. I am happy I did not discover the roach, but I am a little concerned where the bug might have traveled to. Hopefully, the creature found a new home somewhere else…in a dark place where I do not have to see it.