So yesterday was painful. I had just finished my ditl blog post and realized I needed to do another load of my (it seems) never ending laundry. So I grabbed my hamper and went out the door. (I do my laundry next door at my moms).
Let me first tell you, I'm not the most coordinated person you'll ever meet.
So while walking the 16 feet to my mothers front door (I measured), I dropped my cell phone...on the pavement...under her car.
My phone is fine.
I thought no big deal Tish just pick up your phone. So I crouched down placing my right hand in the soft, fluffy, TALL (thanks to all the rain) grass. Immediately there was pain. My arm felt like it was on fire. Looking at my arm I saw why. I had at least 50 fire ants on my arm. I ran into my moms after knocking them off of me. My mom bless her soul poured bleach on my arm and gave me 2 benadryls.
10 minutes later, after retrieving my items from the front of the house (and starting my laundry). Most of the pain was gone but, the swelling had started. It looked horrible.
So as of today it looks even worse. The little blisters have appeared, with my (inside) wrist getting the most bites (17). I have 41 fire ant bites in total.
The worst part is the itching, and trying not to scratch. I think I'm going to try the baking soda, water paste and see if that helps.
Hope your day was better than mine.
