Since my arrival in Tianjin, I have been eaten alive by mosquitoes. I'm not talking a few bites here and there... I'm up to over 50 bites, on my hands, my feet, my arms, legs, and even my face. I spend the day in a constant state of itchiness and have bumps all over my arms and legs. The girls in the lab are now joking that the Chinese mosquitoes are out for American blood. Yesterday, they asked me why I had not yet bought a mosquito net at the supermarket and all had a good laugh. They apparently all have nets around their beds and no mosquito bites and have seen me scratching every day but never thought to mention it. So this evening, while on break from the lab, armed with a slip of paper that had the characters written for mosquito net, I went down to the supermarket to purchase what I hope will be an excellent barrier from these horrible bugs. I also ventured over to the pharmacy to purchase some hydrocortisone cream. After much gesturing and explaining, they gave me some prescription strength cream to combat the itching.
Mosquitoes: 57+
Nicole: 2
You killed 2! Go Nicole! Destroy those mosquitos for the good of America.
ReplyDeleteahhh! that does NOT sound fun! i hate mosquito bites... reading your words made me itch. you should ask the (oh so helpful) other women in the lab about homeopathic remedies to the itching from mosquito bites. i bet there's a local herb that would be helpful. I'm glad to hear at least that they aren't mutant mosquitoes the size of thumb or something :)
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