Get Used To It

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Published on May 2, 2006 By crimson In Blogging

My girl's getting into science, big time.

Any books that she gets from the library are either about experiments, wildlife, or space. Any toys that she wants seem to be more to deal with animals, vegetables and minerals than the colors pink and Barbie. (And I'm in no way complaining about this point!) Any thing that we do afterschool involves long hikes, trips to the nearby zoo, or dangling feet in the nearby river.

There's nothing wrong with any of this, but for one thing.

I hate bugs.

Yes, I hate trucking along and being swarmed by blackflies and gnats, I dislike intensely always feeling itchy after we've clawed our way through a brushy area, and hate the feeling that I've got spiderwebs on me, or that something's crawling up my pantleg.

We've just come back from our evening walk, and I'm positively itchy. I feel like little bugs are all over me, and while we did have a good time talking about mammals and insects while on our little hike, I also passed through several swarms of flying bugs, and can't help but feel this way.

But it's not just this evening, it's for the past few weeks when she's come home with her bug collector, releasing what she's found from my parents' home, into the backyard of our own. I just have the antsy feeling that she's got other bugs stored in her pockets or in her bookbag, and has yet to show me what she's found.

I'm paranoid, I know. And I'm sorry, but I'm leaving to go take another shower.

Comments

Moderateman

on May 02, 2006

Sounds like you have a mild bug phobia, try a product with DEET in it, the more DEET the better.

Will at least keep the bugs off of you.

Tova7

on May 02, 2006

It depends on the bug.

I once held a monster roach at bay with a can of oven cleaner while standing on a stool. No kidding. I was living in Asia and those roaches are huge and basically get in bed with you and push you out. "You not sleeping here? Right!"

EWWW!

My son loves bugs too...but he's not carrying them around, he is cutting them into little pieces with his purple round tip crayola scissors.

island_gurl12

on May 02, 2006

My son loves bugs too...but he's not carrying them around, he is cutting them into little pieces with his purple round tip crayola scissors

Kids are so cruel, lol! eww!

Good luck with the bugs

dynamaso

on May 04, 2006

I agree with Whip. We get our fair share of bugs in the house and I will do my best to catch them and let them go outside. I figure they've probably made a big mistake coming into our place but they don't deserve to die. We don't even have a can of bug spray in our house. The only bugs I have no compunction squashing are cockroaches, but if there is one bug whose population is never going to be threatened, its 'roaches.

KellyW0498

on May 04, 2006

or dangling feet in the nearby river.

This is my favorite part!

I can really relate to this story. While I like doing all the outdoor things, the bugs I could do without.

foreverserenity

on May 04, 2006

My two daughters have that phobia too, they dislike bugs. While I'm not a fan of them myself I tell them that some bugs are good for the enivronment and like Maso If I don't have to kill them I don't. However sometimes I have to squash the ones that look like they bite-Sorry Mother Earth!

But my two girls they squeal with fright if they even see the tiniest creature walking, even an ant! I don't know where they picked up that phobia from.

Me I dislike lizards. Now I tolerate seeing them and having them around since living in Florida but I really don't like them.

Your daughter sounds like a future scientist, that's great! Hopefully she will keep that interest. We need more women in science. I like that walk you guys take. I've got to start doing that again with my daughters.

I try to spend time with my kids too. I used to walk with my oldest early in the morning and with the young one in the evenings. As for my son, we usually just hang out with his games or at the pool but the water is still too chilly to do that.

dynamaso

on May 04, 2006

Me I dislike lizards

I love lizards, frogs and snakes too. Lizards are probably my favourite reptile, particularly geckos.

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