Mozzie Madness

Someone once said ... 'Whoever said that size matters? They should try sleeping with a mosquito in the room'

Which I was very much reminded of last night.

After crabbing at Grange Jetty with some OCFers yesterday, I went to bed, and was awakened by a short humm in my left ear. The clock read 3.45 am, and my left arm was throbbing slightly. Ignoring it, I drifted back to sleep, only to be awakened again by another high-pitched humm across my ear. Reflexively, I slapped at my ear (BIG mistake :P ), and was snapped upright, ears ringing and stars flashing in my eyes.

Never wake me up when I'm deep in slumber... I grow claws and fangs when my sleep gets interrupted, unless it's important or urgent... Which the mosquito discovered... heh :)

Growling, I switched on the bedroom lights, wedged myself in a corner of the room (to protect my back) and waited, holding both arms out. Shortly, a grey little shadow hovered across my face. I swiped at it, but missed.

My left arm was still throbbing, and a quick check revealed 3 (!) mosquito bites - one on the tip of my middle finger, one near the wrist, and another near the elbow. No wonder it was throbbing... that greedy mozzie...

Muttering, I continued sitting there for several minutes. This time, when I spotted the dark shadow bobbing towards my arms, I reached out and smacked it... hard... leaving a scarlet smear across both my hands. Disgusted but satisfied, I washed it off, and climbed back into bed.

However, I tossed restlessly in bed for a while, probably still fuelled by the adrenaline, then got out and did some reading (nothing puts you to sleep more easily than readings ;) before going back to sleep at 7 am...

... And waking up at 12.30pm. Good thing today's a public holiday (Australia Day). Earlier, I'd entertained thoughts of going back to the labs in the afternoon to run a few experiments (being a good hard-working little resesarcher, heh), but as I lounged languidly in bed, those notions dissolved very quickly :)

Had lunch, checked my emails, surfed a bit, and will be off for OCF soon. Thus, my plans for a productive day today have been foiled by a little mozzie (okay, I admit, my laziness too ... ;)

I love God's creations... but I still have a bit of an issue there with mozzies...

Die, mozzie !! Die !!

Heh :)

Who's the Cold-Blooded Murderer?

People massacred the sharks after a swimmer was attacked by one in Victoria

Then, people slaughtered the stingrays after Steve Irwin was stabbed by one in Queensland

Now, they're whacking the snakes because people have been bitten by some in Sydney...
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21072453-1242,00.html

Which leaves you wondering... which one is cold-blooded, and which one is killing in cold blood?

Then again, I go around killing any mosquitoes I see ... so who am I to say anything about it?

*shrug* :)