The Bane of My Existence!!!!

Okay, we all know that I hate... HATE mosquitoes! I am like a magnet for those blood suckers who love to feast on my sweet Idahoan blood! If there are 100 people around me, they will sniff me out and hunt me down. There is no running, no hiding from these angry beasts of prey! I also learned an interesting side note from Gianluca's "All About Bugs" book by Dr. Seuss, that only female mosquitoes bite. I don't know if it's true, but I don't doubt it. That is something a woman on a mission would do!!!! I always joke that my new favorite perfume since moving to Texas is "Off" bug spray. I put it on practically year round, every time I go outside. Just ask my girlfriends at the park, I never leave home without my bug spray!!! It is November-- NOVEMBER PEOPLE!!!! And I am still getting bit by these nasty low lives! So now I have another insect to add to my list of things that get under my skin... LITERALLY!!! FIRE ANTS.

Gianluca has been bit by these nasty things a trillion bazillion times. Last year he stuck his hand in one of their piles and got bit over 25 times on one hand. Of course his hand blimped up three times the side of the other hand and I had to dose him up w/ benadryl and cortizone cream. Well about a month ago, it happened again. I swear these things just draw him in w/ their mesmerizing ways. He loves to watch them crawl around and also try to kill them. He and a friend were running around at the park and ran into a giant ant hill covered up by pine needles. There were tons of these ants all over his little ankles just attacking him. His shoes were covered by these ants! I ran over and tossed off the shoes and socks and soaked his feet in the doggy water thingy. He was up for two nights because he couldn't sleep. He had over 46 bites on his poor little feet!!

So this week I felt his pain. We went to the circus, and I knelt down to talk to Gianluca (it was dark) and knelt on a bunch of ants. I got about 11 ant bites on my knees. They are still bothering me to this day. It is a burning itching feeling that just drives you bonkers! Even I had to get up and go take Benadryl so I could sleep. I can't imagine the poor dude with his 46 bites! He's a tough dude! So this week was my week of "attack of the killer insects" I had 11 ant bites, 5 mosquito bites, and three spider bites all on my legs. These are the BANE OF MY EXISTENCE!!!!


Here is a pic of Gianluca's hand. The ant bites form little blisters all over.


My camera has been really blury, but here is a pic of his legs. Poor Dude!