Gabi went down the stairs hurriedly as if someone or something is following her. I thought she was just playing with Bambam but when I saw her shocked face, I know something is not right. She immediately went to me and cried that there was this hairy caterpillar on the window beside the clock. I was confused as to what she had seen so I went upstairs to their room and checked the windows but found none. So I asked her again where and she pointed to the window in our room. She does not want to go near it because it gives her the creeps. When I checked on the window, I found that there is a little brown higad (hairy caterpillar) on the window. I was surprised to find it there, of all the places, so I sprayed with an insecticide.

The incident was already forgotten and we had our dinner of sinigang na bangus which was requested by Bambam. As I was doing the dishes, I’ve noticed in the corner of my eye that there is something crawling up the wall beside the stove. When I closely looked at it, I discovered that it is another higad. I went to get the spray and aimed it to the higad. So we now have two higads in our house and they were located on unusual places. Then as I was finishing the dishes, I’ve heard that there’s some commotion upstairs and Bambam is calling me for help. I quickly ran up and found her and nanay looking at the bottom of a monoblock chair. Yup, there’s another higad there! They’re all very edgy and does not want to sleep on their room because there might be another higad in there. So we fully inspect around and assured them that hopefully that would be the last for the day.

Jimer asked me if I checked on the roof and around the house to see if there are higads. I told him that I checked the plants on the roof and there’s none. They might come from the Avocado tree from our neighbor which now has plenty of leaves after it was cut months ago. So tomorrow, my assignment is to look for the source of this mayhem and stop them once and for all. I am not planning to test the effect of those hairy creatures on any part of my skin as long as I can stop it.