WOULD YOU RATHER

 Recently during my efforts to keep the lawn mowed, I evidently provided  an all you can eat option for seed ticks. It was a sneak attack and went mostly unnoticed till the itching started.                             

This gives you an idea how tiny the seed ticks are.  That pencil point on the far left is the villain.

I did catch most of them in the act of feeding but because they are so tiny, often parts are left in the skin when you scrape them off which makes them uber itchy. I have about 10 such bites on my legs. The good thing is that I was their first meal so they probably were not carrying disease.  But I am very sensitive to the bites and the itching was intense.

Any clothing that touches the bites made it itch. Bed sheets made them itch. Thinking about them made them itch. The itching stayed with me for about a week. Sleep, sleep where are you?

So how did that make me think of "Would you rather?" That is a game people play these days asking someone to chose between two possibilities.

Such as:  "Would you rather become someone else or just stay you?"  

Or: "Would you rather have more time or more money?  

 Perhaps: Would you rather have a cook or a maid?"

So with the ticks and itching I started thinking: "Would I rather be sore or itch?"  Actually for me, I can take aches much better than itching. I am such a total wimp about an itch. Itching consumes me while most aches can be dealt with via medical intervention. I haven't found anything to stop this particular itching but time. Even my standby Benadryl failed me.  Might have been the large number of bites that did me in.

So which would you rather, ache or itch?  Just curious and hope you are never tested.

Thankfully about a week has passed so time is in my favor. I am much better today and I think actual sleep is in my future tonight. I might even wear clothes tomorrow. Have just been in my underwear for the past two days so as not to irritate the bites.  I prayed the house didn't catch on fire or I had to run into the street for any reason. 

Lesson has been learned however and from now on when mowing I plan to be covered in repellent.