bugs

[chronovore]

So it's 03:15, and I've spent the last 2.5 hrs. hunting what turned out to be four blood-filled mosquitoes. They were lucky, then they were really unlucky. If they'd just snack and be on their way, it wouldn't be so bad, but even engorged they'll keep buzzing and biting. I've got four new bites, and the boy has at least two. The girl sleeps under a mosquito net because she's a princess (and smarter than I am). So. Yes. I'm tired; I'm tired to the point where it feels like nausea. But I hunted them all down (knock wood) and made several bloody stains on the wallpaper and my hands.

We had the housecleaner dust all the window screens today. Silly me, I turned off all the lights then opened all the windows when we went to bed, and didn't even think to check if the screens were solidly shut. As it turns out the biggest window had the screen entirely on the wrong half of the window -screens slide here, and I forgot that- so the window was entirely open for an hour or so. Hence the parade of sleep-stealing bloodsuckers. DESTROY.