Jeeminy Creeckit!

I know, I know....my brain is weird.  I think in associations which doesn't happen to other people, so I accept that I'm off the chart.

While watching TV tonight, I heard a cricket chirping.  At first, I thought it was on the show, but an ad came on and the chirping continued.  I muted the TV and the chirping amazingly stopped.  AHA!  This is familiar to me!  When i was a kid visiting my grandparents in their garage-turned-farmhouse, floor bugs were the norm, and crickets (big and small) were common visitors in the house.  I could hear them and would go after them, but the minute I honed in on the location, the chirping would stop.  I hated that because it meant that I would have to deal with them all night as I had to sleep on the hide-a-bed in the living room.  I don't remember complaining much because it would have done no good.  The sleeping arrangements were the sleeping arrangements, and the farm was the farm.  There was no such thing as being bug-free....although in my years in my house-on-a-slab, I have tried to stay as un-buggy as possible. 

There are always spiders, of course.  Plus, each year I have had to put up with big black ants for a few weeks.  One year,  I had an infestation of earwigs that drove me crazy, but never since.  I've never had to deal with crickets, but they seem to be more obvious on the patio...and now one in the house??

Jiminy?  Is that you???