Elephant Man

Just to show everyone that I'm not exaggerating about the mosquitoes, I thought I would post a current picture of myself, taken about 15 minutes ago.  As I have mentioned before, I have to spray myself down with Off every night at sundown or else wake up with mosquito bites everywhere.  They especially love my ankles, elbows and knees, but my forehead seems to be pretty popular too and they've proven they'll feed on whatever exposed skin they can.  Given my acute sense of smell, I don't particularly care for the smell of Off, so I have abstained from using it a night here and there just to get a break from it, especially if I'm not outside at night or feel like I'm in a reasonably mosquito-free environment.  Unfortunately, every time I skip a night of my Off regimen, I pay for it with new mosquito bites.  Last night, I wasn't really outside after dark and the hotel we're staying in has air conditioning so we can keep the windows closed.  You would think I would be okay without spraying down, but not so. 

 

This morning I woke up to a score of mosquito bites, mostly concentrated on my forehead, but also on my neck and back.  I just don't get it.  Why my forehead?  Now I look like the Elephant Man and have had to wear a hat all day just to hide my face!  The worst part is the reaction I get from the bites.  As you can see, the bites swell up pretty big and they not only itch, but they hurt, especially in areas where the skin is so taut.  They go away after a couple days, but throughout that time, the itching gets pretty severe and annoying.  For whatever reason, mosquitoes are always more attracted to me than other people I'm around so I'm Sean's natural mosquito repellant.  Sucks for me.  And seeing as my blood is so tasty and delicious compared to Sean's, if either of us ends up with malaria or dengue fever, you know who it will be.   

 

 

Cheers,

Ozell