The scourge of chiggers and what you can do...

[Curmudgeoness]

1. Funny that you would bring this up now.

I am still healing from the first ever bout of chiggers. I love how gently you mentioned the "other sensitive areas". OMG OMG OMG.

I just got back from a visit to my sister's new property in Tennessee, and it seems the meadow down at the river had them there, waiting for me to come hiking through with shorts on. I still have my suitcase in the freezer hoping that I can kill any that may have come home with me....I took it right from the car to the chest freezer. I do not want to ever experience these again. It took a week for the itching to stop (Caladryl was my best friend) and I still have red welts everywhere. Everywhere. OK, maybe not everywhere, but ankles, behind the knees, panty line (and beyond), and armpits. I am lovely right now. But who cares, the itching finally stopped.