Was woken up early this morning by S..couldn't sleep, too hot. It's become quite warm within the last week...our fans are on practically all the time, but sometimes it seems we're just circulating the hot air. Best times are in the early morning...it's just perfectly comfortable around 6:00 a.m.
Anyway, was woken up again a little while later by B...mosquito bites. The poor girl...i don't know why these buggers like her so much. Her arm was peppered with bites and since she's allergic to them, they swell up. To add something exciting, she got bit on her right eyelid, so that started swelling too. I rubbed some calamine on her and got her back to sleep. But i couldn't get back to sleep...it was too stuffy and the air from the fan wasn't getting to me, just the mosquitoes. Plus, i could hear the sounds of the neighborhood waking up, i.e. maids coming to word and sweeping the "yards". I knew our maid wasn't far behind, so stayed up in the living room. Thought i might be able to catch a nap later in the day, but of course, with young kids, that's not going to happen while they're awake.
B went out on an errand with S and my dad...some mosquitoes found her while she was waiting to get on the scooter. By this evening, her face looked like a cabbage patch doll. Both her eyelids are puffy and if you didn't think she had Chinese blood in her before...well, you should see her now. They've acquired a taste for J as well, so i'm doing damage control there too. My poor kids...
One of my mom's friends dropped by and when she saw our kids, told us her way of getting rid of mosquitoes. It was a long shot, but at this point i'm willing to try anything that might give us fewer bites. So, we tried it about an hour ago and i became almost giddy...it worked! I must have killed between 20-25 mosquitoes...I haven't felt such a sense of accomplishment since i gave birth to J. Just kidding, but you know what i mean...it felt good to see the sparks fly and smell the burnt flesh. Die buggers, die!
There is still at least one mosquito in our room and it's been taunting me ever since i've been typing this. Too bad it doesn't know that it's going to die shortly and i am going to sleep very peacefully.
PS: B asked if God is happy when we kill mosquitoes...what would you say?
