You might not want to read this if you’re eating.

This morning I went to put a couple of Netflix DVDs in my mailbox on my way to work. I was horrified to open the mailbox and find thousands of tiny ants swarming around. My first thought was the package of cookies raisinbottom sent, which arrived Friday - but then I realized that was a sealed cookie package inside a sealed bubble-wrap mailer, with no leaks in any of them. The ants were having a great time with something, so I’m wondering if someone put something in our mailbox that attracted the ants.

It was seriously gross, too - they just about blanketed the entire front of the mailbox, all over. It was raining, and I tried brushing a few away with my coat sleeve - bad move, because I ended up with a sleeve full of ants. I shook most of those off and figured I’d have to deal with it later, because I was already running late for work. But how do I deal with this? I think a really strong hose blast might just wash them all out, but our hose isn’t long enough to reach to the mailbox - maybe we can borrow from the neighbors. That’s really my only idea for dealing with them, short of buying a totally new mailbox.