Ticked Off!

I couldn't put it off any longer.  I just had to get outside and pull weeds in my flowerbeds this weekend.  I hadn't given the beds any special attention since we planted all the flowers last month, and they were in desperate need of some loving care.  We have this awful grass that creeps up into the beds that I just despise!  It's so invasive and hard to pull.  And out front under the trees, we have this new ivy that has been popping up out of nowhere and it's choking out my flowers that are planted out there.  I don't know where it came from, but it's all over the place.  Sure hope it's not poison ivy, but whatever it is, it's days are numbered!

Saturday morning after breakfast, I put on sunscreen and bug spray, pinned my hair up and donned my gloves and out I went.  I was about halfway through the big flowerbed out under the pear tree when I looked down at my feet and saw about a million ticks crawling all over my feet!  Ugh!  I went to the back porch and started stomping my feet to get the little buggers off me.  They were scattering all over my feet and through my toes and who knows where else they'd gotten to, so I went inside and took off all my clothes for a thorough inspection.  Most women would avoid a three-way full length mirror like the plague, but I sure was wishing I had one then!  After bending and stretching my body like a freakshow contortionist, I found some on my shoulders and arms, on my hip, a couple on my legs and one on my neck.  Gross!  I pulled them all off and jumped in the shower to scrub myself raw.  I hate bugs!

In the meantime, Hubby took some spray out under the trees and saturated the ground with it.  It said it was safe for use on plants, so he just sprayed the whole bed.  Later that evening, I went out to try and finish the job and this time I only got about three ticks on me, so that wasn't so bad.  I took another shower afterward though, just in case.

The next evening, I went back out to finish the beds closest to the house.  I finished the sides and front and watered all the flowers.  This time when I was done, I only found a couple ticks, but one tick is too many so back in the shower I hopped again.  Every time I felt even the slightest tickle on my arm or leg, I got to itching thinking there was another tick on me again.  I just can't stand bugs of any kind and especially ticks.  They are sneaky little creepers that get into the worse nooks and crannies!  Just typing about them makes me itch.

I wish they made Frontline for humans.  A little dab of medicine behind our necks and poof!  Goodbye ticks!  If there was a pill to take to ward them off, I'd take one for sure!  They take all the joy out of spending a nice sunny day out in the yard!  When I get to Heaven, I'm going to ask God why in the world he ever created these awful bugs!