Sunday, September 25, 2005

Make it stop!

So I went on a FIELDEX last weekend with my Reserve unit and was thoroughly eaten by skeeters! The first day out (Saturday), I made sure to spray myself regularly with bug spray (with DEET!), which worked great. The only problem was leaving my can of spray in my 782 gear out in the security van. The rain started at 0530 Sunday morning and was on and off for a few hours. I wasn’t able to get to my gear in time to spray down, so by the time I did, the little buggers were out in full force! They only got me in a dozen or so places, mostly on my arms, but I think I brought some home with me. It’s been a week now, and the majority of last weekend’s bites are going down, but now I’ve gotten about half a dozen more in the past week. Man, this really sucks.