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Jul. 6th, 2012 09:20 pmThere are few ways to wake up than with the feeling of something crawling over your skin.
OK, that's a lie. There are LOTS of less pleasant ways, starting with hearing someone yelling "Spit it out, man, don't think, just spit it out!" But especially after you've experienced bedbugs...that's a pretty bad one.
I squished the whatever-it-was, then brought it up to determine whether it was, in fact, a bedbug. (Damn leggy bastard was still wiggling, too. It took repeated /precision/ squashing to kill.)
Anyway, that's why I was searching the internet for "bedbug" at 6:40 AM. It was not, in fact, a bedbug. It was a tick.
I guess I'm going to have to keep an eye out for symptoms of Lyme Disease...
[Hey, did you know that Ötzi the Iceman seems to have had Lyme Disease?]
I presumably picked up this unwelcome hitchhiker while hiking the other day in Bradbury Mountain State Park. Despite horrible humidity and the comparative lack of elevation it was a good hike, and the young lady I was with was an excellent hiking companion, but I don't think that's going to work as a LTR. Back to the drawing board...
OK, that's a lie. There are LOTS of less pleasant ways, starting with hearing someone yelling "Spit it out, man, don't think, just spit it out!" But especially after you've experienced bedbugs...that's a pretty bad one.
I squished the whatever-it-was, then brought it up to determine whether it was, in fact, a bedbug. (Damn leggy bastard was still wiggling, too. It took repeated /precision/ squashing to kill.)
Anyway, that's why I was searching the internet for "bedbug" at 6:40 AM. It was not, in fact, a bedbug. It was a tick.
I guess I'm going to have to keep an eye out for symptoms of Lyme Disease...
[Hey, did you know that Ötzi the Iceman seems to have had Lyme Disease?]
I presumably picked up this unwelcome hitchhiker while hiking the other day in Bradbury Mountain State Park. Despite horrible humidity and the comparative lack of elevation it was a good hike, and the young lady I was with was an excellent hiking companion, but I don't think that's going to work as a LTR. Back to the drawing board...
