While I surely don’t wish Vince any bad luck, I’d love to know why I’ve now been stung twice by a scorpion, once by a brown recluse and once by a black widow and the worst he’s had are a few wasp stings .. and I get more wasp stings than he does!
Scorpion Stings
Yesterday I was picking up some boxes that were piling up at the door . . UPS deliveries and the like. There was a plastic bag with a new cover for the grill and I stuck it under my arm to carry it, and picked the boxes up in my hands and . . OUCH! I dropped everything and there was the scorpion. That one won’t be stinging anyone else but you can bet there are plenty more where he came from.
I had told Vince . . one more scorpion sting and I’m out of here but . . you know I’m not going anywhere. Maybe next time . . but let’s all cross our fingers and hope I don’t get stung again but if I had to guess, my guess would be that I’ll be stung again.
Joyce says
Ouch! That looks painful. How do you treat a scorpion sting? Is it like wasp/bee stings?
Vivian Oaks says
Never had a scorpion sting, and don’t plan on ever living in an area where I might get one!! I really really dislike the snow and ice, but at least I can just hole up in front of the wood stove and stay warm. You can’t get rid of all those nasty creatures where you are!!
Theresa says
Yikes! I think you’re getting bitten more often because you’re the one doing the cleaning and sorting. If it was me, I think I’d start using elbow length leather gloves to move packages.
Susan says
I hope you aren’t stung again, but in my experience, each time is not as bad as the previous one, if they are within a couple of years. It does seem a little unfair – I guess you taste better than Vince!
Rebecca in SoCal says
I hope that what Susan says is true, and that you’re kind of getting some immunity, rather than sensitizing! Yikes!
I’m really not competing with you, since I’m talking about mosquitoes (and once upon a time cat fleas), but I get bitten a LOT more than my husband! I say it’s because I’m so sweet. 😉