Monday, July 07, 2008

Mosquitoes

My first spring in Chicago I was pleasantly surprised by how few mosquitoes there were. Far fewer than in Connecticut, especially near the river.

However this year we have many more than usual because, we've had a ton of rain that has simply not had anywhere to drain off to. Pictures are from this morning

I could not fall asleep last night, firstly I was warm, secondly I was itchy, and thirdly there was a mosquito in my room. I did the whole lie very still wait for it to land and then strike, but was entirely unsuccessful. I finally decided forget it! I'll just fall asleep and deal with the mosquito bites tomorrow.

Poo. This is one of those times when today Embly really resents yesterday Embly. My left forearm alone there are 11 bites, and that is not including three on my pinky knuckle or any other hand bites. Ms. Mosquito, surely you could have just bitten once and gotten sated with my blood in one go.

I'll get back to posting about music and singing one of these days. It has been going quite well actually, but apparently I don't write about deep things anymore.

2 comments:

Lisy said...

Oh Man! The worst thing is that there's actually nothing you can do about mosquito bites except NOT do the one thing you want to do---scratch. If it's going to be one of those summers, buy a mosquito net. They're cheap, effective, and make you feel like a Disney princess. Well, more like a Disney princess than like lunch.

Alex said...

that is a LOT of mosquito bites!