oh how we forget

My post today is titled "oh how we forget" because I got stung by a flying insect this weekend, and it wasn't a bee or a wasp or a hornet even, but seriously looked like a FLYING ANT THAT EATS FLESH!! Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating that last part, but it seriously looked like a flying ant. It had the body of an ant, it had wings, and it STINGS. So, why the forgetting part? Well, I haven't been stung by anything since I was probably around 12 years old. In my mind looking back, I had begun to suspect that it was not as bad as I remembered, and that my childhood fear of stinging insects was silly because I was sure that I had exaggerated the pain in my mind.

OH NO. It HURT, and what's more, it's been 4 days and the sucker still hurts, and it itches like crazy!!! If I cannot resist the urge and itch, the whole left side of my wrist swells and turns red. It is not pretty. But don't worry, it wasn't a poisonous flying any. No symptoms other than that. I think after this experience, I won't think of little kids as necessarily whiny anymore. To them, it does hurt that bad. I just hope I can avoid the little devils (insects, not children) in the future.

On another note, I found out Andy comes home earlier than expected! Yay :)