Raise your hand, er, leave a comment, if bugs love to bite you in the summer?
That damn Memoji again! Why is she smiling about this?!
I’m experiencing my classic summer conundrum of “should I run on the trails in the shade with the bugs, or should I run on the roads in the open sun and not get bit?”
UGH.
I really want to run in the shade, especially as it gets hotter – it makes such a difference in making me feel cooler (<— obvious statement of the year award goes to…). But I’m losing my mind with the flies biting me over and over. And they are rampant in the woods (and anywhere near woods), and bite me through any bug spray I have on.
I feel the bite and slap the fly and usually kill it (ha! take that!). It stings a bit then, but it’s at its worse when I wake up the next day with it burning, then it itches all day long. Wah wah wah.
And the bites SWELL. I originally had a photo of my shoulder here to show you how bad it looks, but it was too gross. Here is a cute photo of my nephew Leo with some bug bites on his head, instead. Poor guy!
Mosquitoes love me too. Steven does a great job spraying our yard with insect repellent so I don’t get as many mosquito bites as I used to… at home, anyway.
I can’t believe the flies bite you! I thought that was a myth. Do they actually have teeth?! How do they do it?! I hate those little f*ckers.
Thanks to your google search we now know they have SCISSOR-LIKE MOUTHPARTS that cut in to your skin DUN DUN DUN. I hate those F*CKERS too. I get so mad when one bites me because I know I am going to be miserable the next day. Hence, taking pleasure in killing that fly today MUAH HA HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.
Weird. My old boss said that when she went vegan, she never got bitten by a bug ever again while everyone else in her family would be terrorized (no, they were not vegan). So she always felt it was her veganism that spared her. I guess not.
Nope, definitely not. 🙂 They are probably interested in the odors and sweat I admit when I am working out… and when I am not 😉
Oh my goodness, they bite you even though you wear bug spray? That’s BRUTAL!
The mosquitoes are awful this time of year in FL. I usually wear bug bands if I’m going to be outside. Usually two on my wrist and two on my ankles because I’m not taking any chances.
Do those work? I should look in to those – I’ve never tried them! You get them at Target or Walgreens? I am sorry they are so brutal there too. Do they love you as well?
Bugs love me, and I swell up so badly from mosquito bites! So I have sympathy for your summer plight. I heard that if you have an itchy bite, you can head it with a hair dryer and it will help reduce the itchiness. Not sure if it works though.
Ugh, I am sorry you deal with it too. I bet I would feel some relief from that – sometimes I’d run them under really hot water in the bath!