Cockroaches

Hawaii may be paradise but there are some drawbacks, namely cockroaches everywhere. They love my snack strewn minivan and usually stay out of sight until dark. Unfortunately my Odyssey Cockroaches have gotten cocky lately and have been popping out from behind my visor and walking across the ceiling while I'm driving. Until recently this sighting would have been enough to send me screaming hysterically into the closest telephone pole. However I've grown tired of them, they have lost their "eek" factor for me. Instead I managed to calmly reach over for the box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese sitting on the middle console (why I drive around with a box of macaroni and cheese is another story) and slam it against the roof squishing the offending bug without diverting my eyes from the road. Some mothering skills must be acquired through experience, the parenting books never mentioned bug squishing while driving 45 with two screaming girls in the backseat. I guess I wouldn't have believed it if they had.