The Love Bug Will Bite You
Mood
Sore
Bugs really like me. I didn't have bug spray when I was down in St. Louis in the height of summer and got 25 bug bites. Big ones too, caused one whole knee to become a huge bruise and it hurt to flex and others scarred all down my legs. Yesterday I went for a walk with my husband in the park and got bitten just under my eye and this morning it was all swollen, and it looked like I had a black eye, even dark like one.
We went out to have some McDonalds for lunch and people were staring at me and glaring at my husband! I'm used to getting funny looks when we're out together, especially if we hold hands or kiss in public because, even though I'm a few months shy of 24, I look 16, and my husband who is a few months younger then me looks about 28-29. I've had teachers, co-workers, bosses and clergy pull me aside and ask how old my husband was when they meet him and if I was doing okay! I'm not used to people glaring at him though and I was half worried about what either of us would say if confronted. "Oh, don't look at my husband like that, I'm the cradle robber here. And, it's just a bug bite, you can't see it for the swelling!" Like that's going to be believable, even if it's true.
I think I'm just going to lay low and keep dosed up on antihystamines and hydrocortozone cream until this goes away.
Posted by Bitsy at 12:03 PM Comments
Heh....
for some reason, I find that funny.
Anyway, Your poor legs!
and, at risk of revealing personal info,
I know what St. Louis summers are like, and all I can say is, it may not be as hot as other places, but it sure has a lot of bugs, must be all the water sitting around.
Posted by: Sara on November 7, 2007 11:13 AM
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