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Got up normal time this morning, all motivated to go hiking with the dogs. Started out great--was misting a little, but it was actually nice. Especially now that I've started wearing my soundgarden cap, the rain doesn't run in my eyes like before. lol. Get about 20 minutes into it (so, it's just before 7 am) and a damn yellowjacket just stings the hell out of my left hand! Right at the base of my pointer finger. I knocked it off and scraped the stinger off, decided it didn't actually hurt so then continued on...swore I heard more bees buzzing around me so we ended up jogging up the damn hill. I thought I was going to die. lol...couldn't breathe at all.
So, make it to the gravelled trail and hear no more bees. Caught my breath and then we went on as usual--spotted some bunnies! Not much else to see except some fog and drizzle. Went to the quarry and managed to slip on the wet trail and land on a bit of rock...scraped up a knee, but thankfully it was totally superficial and just bled a bit, didn't really hurt for more than a minute. O.o I'm thinking at this point that maybe this wasn't such a wonderful day to go hiking, but still, all in all things aren't bad.
So, turn around and head back towards home. Everything's fine until we are about ten minutes from home, right near the old barn on the neighbor's place--get stung by another damn bee!!! Right between the shoulder blades underneath my backpack. Ended up running down the trail and trying to scrape it off with my hat, and when that didn't work I took off my shirt (thank god for sports bras!) and scraped that little bastard off and scrunched him up. Yellowjackets are EVIL. I'm not fond of any of the bees, but at least the rest of them don't hunt you up and sting you a lot.
Made it the rest of the way home without incident. My hand is a bit swollen and tight, even after the baking soda soak, but it's not too terrible. I hate bees. And it's only July. *sigh*
Anyway, off to enjoy the rest of the day. It almost has to go better than the morning started out! ^__^
So, make it to the gravelled trail and hear no more bees. Caught my breath and then we went on as usual--spotted some bunnies! Not much else to see except some fog and drizzle. Went to the quarry and managed to slip on the wet trail and land on a bit of rock...scraped up a knee, but thankfully it was totally superficial and just bled a bit, didn't really hurt for more than a minute. O.o I'm thinking at this point that maybe this wasn't such a wonderful day to go hiking, but still, all in all things aren't bad.
So, turn around and head back towards home. Everything's fine until we are about ten minutes from home, right near the old barn on the neighbor's place--get stung by another damn bee!!! Right between the shoulder blades underneath my backpack. Ended up running down the trail and trying to scrape it off with my hat, and when that didn't work I took off my shirt (thank god for sports bras!) and scraped that little bastard off and scrunched him up. Yellowjackets are EVIL. I'm not fond of any of the bees, but at least the rest of them don't hunt you up and sting you a lot.
Made it the rest of the way home without incident. My hand is a bit swollen and tight, even after the baking soda soak, but it's not too terrible. I hate bees. And it's only July. *sigh*
Anyway, off to enjoy the rest of the day. It almost has to go better than the morning started out! ^__^
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