I went all summer without having a single issue with mosquitos, and yet now that it is officially fall I find myself haunted by two, or else one especially clever one. Given my propensity for attracting the most diabolical and evil insects, I have not ruled out that the same creature has simply been following me from my house to my car and pretending to live in both.
I have never met a bug (or two) more adept at avoiding death. This coming from the girl who just last week starved a cricket to death because he refused to stand still to be squished. I have a friend who grew up in Zanzibar who tells me the secret to mosquitos is patience, but a couple more bites and everyone will be afraid to talk to me because I will look like I have the chicken pox.
Last night the one in my room bit my face. My face! And then it flew away when I tried to swat it, in a little zigzag pattern, as if mocking me. The one in my car must be living in it's natural habitat, I swear it matches the interior perfectly for camouflage. Do Mosquitos need anything except human blood to survive? This one is going to start laying eggs any day now and pretty soon there will be a whole band of evil genius mosquitos living in my car and feeding upon the victims who enter it.
I hate to sound like I'm paranoid or think there is a bug conspiracy, but seriously, these are some tricksy insects. You've all been warned.
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