So, courtesy of feeling very under the weather all last night and this morning, and consequently spending a lot of time lying horizontally on my couch and my bed, I now have a higher one-night bite tally than I have in a while.
First it was the one on my neck. That's a relatively unusual spot to find a bite, but there it was. Like a flashing red light.
First it was the one on my neck. That's a relatively unusual spot to find a bite, but there it was. Like a flashing red light. 
Then, it was this cluster on my left arm. Hard to say how many, because my body reacts with quick swelling and redness, but I'd say 6-10. I read about bed bugs that they may just bite in a line right down your body, or like...take a bite, and step to the left, repeat -- and leave clusters like these.
And finally, there's the buffet on my right shin, which leads me to believe the little bastards are hiding in the foot-end of my bed again -- in addition to the head. Awesome. I'm being blitzed. Again, I'd say about 8-10 bites.And this isn't even all of them. There are one-off bites too: one on my hand, my upper thigh, back of my other elbow.
I suspect that one of the reasons I got super chowed last night was that I actually slept, because of the medication I took to remedy feeling sick. The goal was to knock me out so I wouldn't be in pain all night, but the side effect is I lie perfectly still when these things are biting me, allowing them to continue feasting. So, the battle continues: a good night sleep? Or a bite-free body?
And let's not forget that it's finally July, and finally sunny and hot, and I'm so embarrassed by my body that I want to wear long sleeve turtleneck and long pants to go out in public. But at least it's a weekend, where I can hide at home. Tomorrow I have to deal with it and go to work wearing the evidence of my infestation on my sleeve...literally.
I suspect that one of the reasons I got super chowed last night was that I actually slept, because of the medication I took to remedy feeling sick. The goal was to knock me out so I wouldn't be in pain all night, but the side effect is I lie perfectly still when these things are biting me, allowing them to continue feasting. So, the battle continues: a good night sleep? Or a bite-free body?
And let's not forget that it's finally July, and finally sunny and hot, and I'm so embarrassed by my body that I want to wear long sleeve turtleneck and long pants to go out in public. But at least it's a weekend, where I can hide at home. Tomorrow I have to deal with it and go to work wearing the evidence of my infestation on my sleeve...literally.
