Insect Bitching

[tinhuviel]

I'm sick and tired of having every bloodsucking critter come and chew on me. Even the fleas prefer me to the smorgasbord of cats and dogs around my home.

Fleas, mosquitoes, biting flies, bees, bugs with no name except to entomologists with too much time on their hands: they all come and nosh on my flesh and blood.

And I'm allergic to the bites. Every one of them becomes blistered or scabbed over.

Every Summer I look like I have leprosy. If I were living in Judea about 2000 years ago, Jesus would have chased me down to heal me of a disease I don't bloody have. Hey J, can you cure me of being so attractive to the 6-legged monsters that attach themselves to me each time I step outside? Hm? That would be nice. Thanks.

Oh, and I have another lovely pest to endure now that I'm sweating: sweat bees! Hate 'em. Between them and the gnats trying to fly into my eyeballs, my time outside is a literal hell. I'm so glad it's July. Two more months and we'll begin to see a semblance of relief from the heat and bugs.

Comments

[misskitten77.livejournal.com]

*tries to stealthily remove the sign saying "Attn Insects: Salty Woman This Way" from your yard*

Garlic

[dr-nebula.livejournal.com]

Great for keeping the biting bug bastards away. Then again, it also keeps the lov'n away too - so there is a trade-off.

Re: Garlic

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I take a garlic pill every night. boo hoo

Re: Garlic

[furnacechant.livejournal.com]

Ah, but the pills are usually deodorized. You have to really be sweating garlic scent to chase bugs.

Re: Garlic

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but these smell like an Italian eatery! I don't...but these sure do!

I feel your pain

[(Anonymous)]

I don't step a toe outside my little abode in summer without having slathered Avon Skin So Soft on me. Either that or Avon's Expedition. The beasties love me, too. But get this: if the spousal unit and I are outside at the same time and he is unprotected, they'll nosh on me every time. Go figure! makes ya wonder what ye olde Grand Wizard was thinking when he (or the Great Goddess) created the little bastids in the first place! (other than giving the birds something to eat, I guess!)

Re: I feel your pain

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Skin So Soft just give the bugs a garnish where I'm concerned. Damn stuff makes no difference at all. Bleh....
Sounds to me like your chemical makeup is uber-attractive to them. Welcome to my world. We're a buffet for six-legged monsters.

Re: I feel your pain

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I was wondering who you were. ;)

[green-goblin70.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my world...you aren't turning into Tudi, you're turning into me...well, maybe not that bad.

Actually, when you first mentioned blood sucking creatures I thought you were talking about some of the types of folks we work with.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Heeeee! I wouldn't insult the insects by equating them with some of the people in The Pit.