Midges, Fish Flies, May Flies. Whatever You Call Them, They Are Annoying

So you've probably in your apartment too, right? Oh wait, actually I'm pretty sure my lamp has attracted every midge, as they are called, in the city of Lakewood to my bedroom.

Midges, fish flies, Canadian soldiers, whatever you want to call them...they are small, annoying, attracted to light, invading my building, getting in my face whenever I walk out the door, and dying by the hundreds in my bedroom, landing on me and my bed.

But I'm trying to be more glass half full these days, so here are some pros of seeing midges:

1. Sometimes they help us win baseball games (see 2007 Indians v. Yankees ALC Championship series)
2. They are a sign of a healthy Lake Erie (more swimming, less don't swim in the toxic water signs)
3. They don't bite
4. The invasion isn't as bad as it has been in years past (see me walking down Madison, circa 2009, trying to keep midges out of my mouth)

As you can see, midges aren't all that bad. But if anyone knows how to keep them out of your apartment (we have a screen...it's virtually hole free...) let me know. I read somewhere that keeping a plastic sandwich bag with a few pennies in it on your window sill will help keep them out. Maybe they think it's a mini lake with fish that want to eat them, which is probably a better enemy to have than my boyfriend who, when he sees midges, must instantly destroy them. It goes something like this:

Me: Whoa look at all the midges in here! They're all over the ceiling

Boyfriend: Midges?!? DESTROY!!!!

So if you too are faced with an invasion of midges, just remember, they can't out run the vacuum.