The Invasion of the Ants

Our ant problem has escalated at a socking rate.  A few days ago we discovered a few ants hanging around the recycling box that we keep next to the trash can.  We discarded the box and hoped that our ant problem would be solved.  The next day there were still ants crawling around the trash can.  Hannah bought some ant traps and we set them out around the kitchen.  Today there are ants EVERYWHERE.  As I was cooking dinner, I counted five crawling around the counter and one crawling up my pant leg.  The problem is that I don't kill then, I set them outside.  However, there are too many now to do this. I am at the point where I just watch them crawl over everything.  I think that bugs make me more nervous now than they did when I was a child.  Strange. A few weeks ago there was a ginormous, super long bug in our shower with about 56 legs.  It was terrifying.  I was forced to flush it because there was no way that I could have traveled to the front door with it.  I hope these ant traps start to work ASAP.