I believe you're the first person I've ever spoken to that actually looks for ants. When I lived in So Cal, I always had the feeling they were looking for me? They once entered my dressing room, climbed up the door frame & ate holes in a new blouse I had hanging there! Another time, they came in & killed a sweet little gecko I had, mostly on their way to eating his mealworms.
But they missed me, at least- I got away.