When I moved to the South I KNEW I was moving to a foreign country. They didn't ask for shots or passports, but they also didn't tell me about the closet racists and chiggers. Chiggers... a horrible beast that burrows into your skin and liquefies it until it gets it full and falls out. All the while causing you to itch like a mad woman.
On Saturday I thought I would do a quick weed through a new bed in the yard. I didn't spray with DEET because I figured it would be less then 10 minutes. Nothing would attack me in that time.
Ha!
Chiggers! HUNDREDS (NO EXAGGERATION) of little bites from my belly button to my knees... lets just say my nether regions are a scary site at the moment.
The cure... scratch the little buggers until they bleed, soak in oatmeal, use Benedryl.... suffer until it ends. I am telling you that the yogurt in the fridge looked like a fantastic thing to smear all over my body... I didn't do it, but it looked amazing.
So, I figure this has been just one of the worst years... it can get worse, I know.
Stay Out of the Grass!
