Ahhhh summer...in a condo! Four feet of green space over run by rambunctious children whose favorite game is SCREAM AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS AND THEN SCREAM LOUDER! Fan freekin' tastic.
On the rare occasions when we indulge in a little outdoor time at our own home our only option is to sit on our deck--6' x 8' with a few giant support posts down the middle making it nearly impossible and terribly uncomfortable to maneuver with anything other than a beer in one hand, and a citronella fogger in the other.
Monday evening was one such night. The children must have gone to bed because the usual screaming was not to be heard. We were drinking wine after dinner with our neighbor when I suddenly started to feel the bug bites coming on. After one particularly gnarly sting I went inside to bed because I just couldn't stand it.
And then, when I woke up in the morning my right foot was swollen beyond expectation--it looked as if you had inflated it like a blow-up raft! And with two huge lumps where who/whatever chomped down on me. It was hot and red too! Throughout the day, more of those little lumps appeared in a trail across my foot. When I put my flip flop on, it left a mark from the strap because of how tight the swelling made them. Not sure this picture I took is really an accurate depiction--it was bad!
Today the swelling has improved a bit, but I still have that old-lady-foot thing going on where it's kind of spilling out of my shoes! Not completely convinced that it was a spider biting me, but if it was a mosquito it had to be a vampire because it had a feast on me!
