COVID-19 - School Closure - Day 150
Was in the back yard today... trying to stage four of my stools so I can spread my kitchen area rug on it for some spraying and cleaning. All of a sudden... I see 3 or 4 flying insects dart out of nowhere and then *PINCH!!!!!*. I got stung by a wasp!!!!
It hurt... a lot. But the worst part is... the pain grew bigger and longer. Burning. Knifing. With a whole lot of twisting!!! I screamed. I jumped. I ran... afraid the rest of its friends would come after me. The kids popped their heads out and I promptly shooed them indoors and closed the door. The pain continued. I examined the spot where I got stung... and a huge ball was there now. Did my foot swell up so fast so bad?!?!?! I looked for the stinger... remembering that wasps don't leave a stinger. I shined my phone's light on there to get a better look and realized that ball... wasn't a swollen mass... but rather my ankle. Ok... anatomically, it belonged there. Heh...
Quickly googled what I oughta do... wash with soap and water then ice it. Good enough. Easy enough. Warm water? Cold water? Doesn't say.... then I remembered when SW had his nut allergic reaction...that a warm bath exasperated his hives. Sigh... the pain finally subsided. The venom had drained into my skin and was now in my blood.
After I iced it for a few minutes... I grabbed my can of organic, environmentally safe wasp spray out to pay my respects. They were gone. Without a trace. Then out of curiosity... I turned one of the stools over and there it was... on the bottom of the stool was a wasp nest the size of a ping pong ball, crawling with 4-5 of those wasps. Dang it.... who would've known. After I exterminated two of their more visible nests....there lies a third one, out of sight. How many more are there??????
Wasps.... I hate wasps. Grrrrr....... The only silver lining out of all this. It was me who got stung and not Joyce or the kids.
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