Bug Attack

       I'm back, alive, with no major injuries to report. The first aid kit was only pulled out 4, <only two included actual blood> times this weekend to administer Motherly care on minor issues.

       Young Evil Kenival loved her new armor, she felt it gave her a much more powerful "look" actually I believe her words were......"Oh Mom, I look so cool now and even if I wreck it will be no biggie!" It's funny, before I headed up there I had resigned myself to accepting the heart attacks, foregoing any sort of panic attacks and keeping my mouth shut. My own Mother didn't share my vow, she went into one screeching, rant and rave "That child's going to either die, or I'm going to watching her!" Yep, we both threatened my Dad with full responsibility and liability.

       I do have one gripe about this weekend. The damned bugs. Three of them to be specific. Now, normally as long as we aren't talking about those horrendous things everyone else in the world refers to as <gulp hate writing it> worms <double cringe> I don't really care about bugs. I am typically indifferent, spiders~no big deal, beetles~look how cute they are, crickets~mighty musical, bees~go love on a flower...........

       First riddle for you~~~Whats the loudest noise in the world when your trying to fall asleep? Your thinking of trains, parties in a hotel, cat fight outside, a loud clock, your own mind, a snoring partner, a fly buzzing around the room..........well it's none of those. It's a damn mosquito. Period. I've decided without a doubt, this is the worst noise in the world to fall asleep too. I think they know it too. I swear they must hide somewhere on the ceiling until the light goes out. Then they proceed to dive bomb your head, right past your ear , daring you to fall asleep, and it's sooo LOUD. After crawling out of bed to flip on the light to wage battle, the skinny little jet bombers just go back to their hiding spot and wait you out.

       The ramifications of falling asleep are impossible to justify ignoring them. You just know if you actually do fall asleep, you'll wake up to find your face has become a bumpy graveyard of blood sucking destruction mounds. Hiding your head under the blanket is not a solution. For one, you can't breathe, and two, at some point during your sleep, your sleeping mind will know it's not breathing fresh air, toss back the covers and we're back to waking up to face of blood depletion aftermath.

       Bug number two~ Another vampire. Two ticks this weekend. Now, Idaho has it's fair amount of ticks, but this is the first time they have ever dared intrude up at my cabin. Everyone is blaming it on the very wet spring we've had, I personally didn't care for any of the excuses. When I find a tick running across my arm when in bed, I'm suddenly not a happy cabin camper. Two blood sucking bugs in one weekend, while I'm trying to peacefully rest. I might as well have been up actually camping, at least I'm prepared for such things there! Ah blissful sleep, wasn't to be had this weekend!

     I have to add, when you have discovered just one tick on yourself, for the next 48 hours your mind will play tricks on you at least once every hour, you'll just feel something crawling on you, your skin crawls with recognition that another vampire is looking for a place to call home. Ya, that mind playing tricks on you stuff is such fun!

       Bug number three~ Normally I don't mind these bugs, but the damn thing stung me 5 times in the way upper ranges of the back of my thigh this weekend, so I'm a bit pissed at them as a species right now. Wasps. Mean little buggers with multiple stinging abilities. Wasps are like woman, one sting isn't enough, they have to keep sticking it to a person until they are sure they have gotten their point across. This little monster managed to sneak up the back of my shorts while I was sitting and the minute I started walking, started it's assault. Now, the question that comes, is what the hell do you do. Your walking, it's broad daylight, there's multiple people around, it's stinging basically your ass, and jumping around yelping doesn't help. You have no choice but to drop your pants and beg for mercy. Ya, that was a sight to behold. I didn't even get the satisfaction of smacking it, it just flew away, laughing all the way..................

       I understand the point of a bee, or wasp, bring on the flowers and such. But does anyone know the purpose of a mosquito or for the love of nature, a tick? Beside doing blood transfusions I see no relevance to these pesky little shits.

Why can't all bugs be like the butterfly?
       Gotta love bugs.
It was a great weekend!
Really, I had a good time.
And I'll be ready next time.
Can we say Bug spray?
Score one for the bugs, Zip Rebecca