Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Gnats in my toothbrush and other joys of living with a stubborn man...

My husband insists he is incapable of peeing in a toilet at night when the lights are off. He also insists that if the bathroom light is off when he goes to bed, he cannot turn it on and have his eyes adjust in time to hit the toilet.

So, his solution is to leave the bathroom light on all night.

The problem with this, other than the electric bill and frequent changing of the bulb, are the bugs that are drawn to the only light in the house from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

My personal problem with this are the kamikaze flying insects that kill themselves on the only light bulb in the bathroom and who fall down into and around the sink all night. Every morning, I am greeted with a sink full of dead bugs.

After brushing my teeth only to discover a gnat stuck in my toothbrush, I moved the toothbrush holder from directly beneith the light, but it is a bit inconvenient to go all the way across the bathroom to find it when it's time to brush. I guess I could put a plastic bag over it...

Or, I could get up and turn off the light after he goes to bed....

2 comments:

Taryn said...

hmm...time for an l.e.d. nightlight for the poor man. That should solve the bug issue and the electric bill. course you have to find one first.

Robin said...

Yes, LED nightlight or one of those decorative candlestick lights that use one of those tiny bulbs. (A real solution would be a flip-on spotlight like opening a cell phone! Zipper comes down and ..... That's too funny a visual!)