"Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite"

Well. I must say, there is some truth in the saying "Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite"! Last night, after tucking all the children into bed at 8pm, we went off to bed ourselves. We go to bed very early every night as the days are very long when you get up at 5am! Anyway, I thought I would check out some emails and download some pictures. Heather and Joy fell asleep instantly so I turned out the lights and took my laptop to bed with me. Tucked my mosquito net in tightly, like I do every night, and started up the laptop. Well, after a short time, the light from my laptop started to attract a few bugs. First, a couple flies! Very annoying and how they got inside my tightly tucked net, I will never know! Quietly chased them out without turning on the lights and waking Heather & Joy. All tucked in again, now I hear a buzzing in my ear! A MOSQUITO! Really! Don't want to get bit by this thing so I am swinging away under my net cussing. All was quiet, thought I got it...nope...more buzzing! Can't find the stupid thing, but I can sure hear it. So I grab my flashlight, turn it on and I shine it on the white mosquito net trying to find it. OMG~a HUGE, BIG, black thing...some kind of african beetle crawling on the outside of my net! I turn the flash light to the other side so I could get out...OMG...another one, and another one! Frickin huge bugs, 2 inches long crawling on my net! What do I do? Scream and scare the crap out of Heather and Joy? What if they fall on me when I move the net and try to get out? OK deep breath...slowly I sneak out of my bed, run for the lights and the broom. Thought for sure Heather and Joy would wake up but nope still sawing logs. Now, how the hell do I get these things off my net and kill them? I start swinging and cussing..got one down, grap a shoe..SMACK! Now Heather wakes up..."what the hell are you doing"? "ummm killing giant bugs in my bed" She sits up, looks at the thing I just killed, looks at me "OMG, are you kidding me" ? One got away & I couldn't find the stupid critter. Shut off the computer, got back into bed and tucked in my net even tighter. All was quiet for one minute, then the cat started screaming like it ran into something bigger than itself! Hope it wasn't a rat. Heather and I at the same time "OMG" what is going on? The cat stopped and we could hear it run down the hall, then silence for maybe...one minute. The dogs started howling outside. We both burst out laughing and said "I think we are going to have a long night" It was only 930 at this time. Joy never did wake up and Heather and I never did sleep. Good Night, sleep tight..don't let the bed bugs bite!