Ok, so maybe not body snatchers but they could be. Fire ants are a menace to the human population and should never have been created! Ian, Evan and I were swimming out back for an hour or so and when we came in the house I started getting bit by ants! Why are there fire ants in my house you say? It all started the night before at Ian's birthday party. I believe that one person brought a cup in from outside covered in ants. One of those ants fell off found some food and took it back to the colony. The colony decided to invade. They waited and waited till there was an opportunity, like me going in and out getting the boys situated. The sliding glass door doesn't shut easily anyway so there was a crack just enough for the ants to get through. So while we were playing in the pool they invaded. The biggest draw was that one of the kids had dropped icing between the love seat and the toys. So when I walked in with Evan in tow and Ian following behind me and stepped in their path they attacked. Ive got three bits on my right foot, one on my left foot then I bent down to try killing them and vacuuming them up and got bit twice on my right shin once on my left shin and three times on my left fore finger. So needless to say typing isn't easy right at the moment!!! I itch and I hurt and I can't take benadryl because Im at home with the boys. Yesterday I had to take benadryl. Maybe you haven't heard but I am deathly allergic to ant bites!! In '07 I went through a painful series of shots to desensitize myself from the fire ant bite. I believe that fire ants know who is allergic and seek them out of a crowd to chow down on! So my allergic reaction is mild compared to what it used to be thanks to those shots. If I hadn't had those shots before yesterday Im not sure I would be here today! With as many bites as I got I don't think I would have made it to the hospital. Thankfully Geoff came rushing home from work and helped me clean up and kill the ants. Who knew that Breake Clean would kill fire ants!!!
Last night we celebrated Kim Watson's birthday at the Isle of Hope Marina where she works. Despite the rain and my benadryl coma we had a really great time. It was very beautiful there. Im exhausted though. I felt horrible cause I was so out of it yesterday after the ant episode I didn't bring anything to the "pot luck" and I didn't even get Kim a gift! Although she got a Toy Story fishing pole for Ian so that he could fish at the marina!! He didn't get to fish because of the rain and lightening but still! I wouldn't know what to even get Kim. She is the girl that has everything! I don't even think making her something would solve the problem....what would I make her? Oh well. It was strange day in my mundane world!!
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