Nature hates me (or… there goes my chances for getting on Survivor)
May 26, 2007
No – seriously, it does.
The new photo on my blog header was taken today at this beautiful, serene lake about 10 minutes from home. We got there early, got a nice spot with lots of shade, but near enough to the beach to be able to watch the kids play in the sand.
10 minutes into our little outing, I got BIT. I got bit by some asshole bug horsefly wannabe. I watched the damned thing happen. This is what happened to my hand:
I got bit no less than 7 times in the 5 hours we were there. My baby boy got bit once. 
The other THREE people in our little party – ya know, the man & two other kidlets? NOTHING. Not that I wish they would have, but WTF.
So then, there we are, sitting at our kitchen table, eating the banana splits that I bribed promised everyone if we could PLEASE LEAVE THIS GODFORSAKEN BUG FEST once we left the beach, hubby came up behind my chair and I asked him if I’d gotten sunburnt, because my shoulder kind of felt like it had.
THERE WAS A FUCKING TICK SUCKING MY BLOOD OUT, that’s why it felt weird.
Nature hates me.
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Tom Allen | May 26, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Er… seems to me that Nature loves you. At least, the bugs do.
Expecting your next post to be about the Poison Ivy rash…
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foradifferentkindofgirl | May 27, 2007 at 12:33 am
This is why I only do nature as far as my outdoor deck. And television. Cripes, even reading about bugs makes me squirm!
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brahnamin | May 27, 2007 at 7:55 am
bah – you’re just delicious. i have the same problem.
helpful hint :: garlic tablets (or actual garlic) before an outing will discourage all but he ticks
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ladycalliah | May 27, 2007 at 8:44 am
lol Tom – No, I didn’t go near any poison ivy – hell, all I DID do was sit on the picnic bench, cook, or nurse. I never even stepped in the water…. or I’d have no doubt been bitten by the crawfish.
fdkg – I’m thinking you’ve got the right idea!
brahnamin – I figured the same thing… I must taste like chicken.
or whatever the equivalent is to those f’ing bugs.
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skywindows | May 29, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Wow I can’t believe how big your hand swelled up!! That really totally sucks!
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ladycalliah | May 29, 2007 at 8:52 pm
sw – it got even worse in the days following! I thought I was going to have to go to the damned ER. Today is the first day it didn’t drive me to the point of distraction.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t just my hand – I had a total of 5 bites that I have NEVER itched this bad in my life with. Damned bugs!
Nature sucks!