Mosquit-NO

As most of you know, I get destroyed by mosquitos in the summer.

(This background is important for the next part of the story.)

I was sitting in a work meeting, having a conversation about an outdoor event that will take place at dusk in June. My coworker dropped this comment:

In that moment, my world changed. 

Did you all know about this too?? HOW COME NOBODY TOLD ME??!?

Anyway, I told Boyfriend too, so this happened the next time I went over his house:

The more bracelets, the better. In fact, I'm going to load up and report back this summer. I'm feeling pretty invincible.  

Itchy

I sat down at my computer to blog about mosquito bites and drew this:

I've maybe used that line before...

And then I remembered I already wrote about mosquito bites a few years ago, so I decided to include that post too. Here you go!

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As we’ve discussed, I walk (and now fish) on the duck rape trail. It’s on the water, so there are lots of mosquitos.  And it’s summer, so I’m also suffering from sunrash.

For some reason, they really like me.

  

Like, seriously like me.

  

It’s bad. Boyfriend and I will take a walk and come back looking like this:

  

So I bought some heavy duty bug spray and used that before our walk.

  

And yet we come back like this:

  

These are some tough mosquitos.

  

The worst part is the morning after a walk, when I’m lying in bed relaxing. And all of a sudden I feel it. IT, you guys. The itch.  I can’t help it. I’m a scratcher. Remember Boyfriend and the eye poking? I have nails and I NEED to use them. I spend all day contorted into weird positions so I can get some good scratching it. Plus, the scratching makes the bites bigger and redder, until it looks like I have welts all over my legs. And like I said, it’s sunrash season. I end up looking like this:

Sadness.

Sigh, I suffer. Do you guys get all bit up? And if not, WHAT IS YOUR SECRET?!?!                                        

Mosquito Bites: Sunrash’s Ugly Cousin

Alternative Title: Hey guys, know what’s sexier than sunrash? Mosquito bites. God, I’m attractive. (Also damn you, rape trail).

As we’ve discussed, I walk (and now fish) on the duck rape trail. It’s on the water, so there are lots of mosquitos.  And it’s summer, so I’m also suffering from sunrash.

For some reason, they really like me.

  

Like, seriously like me.

  

It’s bad. Boyfriend and I will take a walk and come back looking like this:

  

So I bought some heavy duty bug spray and used that before our walk.

  

And yet we come back like this:

  

These are some tough mosquitos.

  

The worst part is the morning after a walk, when I’m lying in bed relaxing. And all of a sudden I feel it. IT, you guys. The itch.  I can’t help it. I’m a scratcher. Remember Boyfriend and the eye poking? I have nails and I NEED to use them. I spend all day contorted into weird positions so I can get some good scratching it. Plus, the scratching makes the bites bigger and redder, until it looks like I have welts all over my legs. And like I said, it’s sunrash season. I end up looking like this:

Sadness.

Sigh, I suffer. Do you guys get all bit up? And if not, WHAT IS YOUR SECRET?!?!