Yesterday Jim and I set out to hike our usual mile or so through the woods of the Moss Rock Nature Preserve with our dog Annabelle. Moss Rock is a lovely place and much more interesting than walking on the sidewalk in our neighborhood. Moss Rock Preserve is only a mile or so away from our house.
We were on the blue trail just off the power line when suddenly I was being attacked by a swarm of yellow jackets. I felt just like a scene out of one of those made for TV SciFi channel horror movies. I am not a girly girl but I started screaming nonetheless and Jim came rushing back and so did Annabelle. Jim took his hat off and started beating me with it...actually not beating me, but killing the yellow jackets that were on me. Annabelle got stung a couple of times too.
I had never been stung before so didn't know if I was allergic to them or not and we had to walk about a half mile back to the car or longer and I was hurting but trying not to panic because I had a ways to go before getting back to the car. I ended up with about six stings, two on my hand, three on my arm and one on my leg. As it turns out I am allergic to yellow jackets but not as allergic as some people. I've been up all night long with painful welts, throbbing and a low grade fever.
If this post isn't very literate, I have a good excuse.
Monday, July 17, 2006
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