Ack! ... Cough, Cough ....

Ack! What the heck is that wiggling around at the back of my throat?!? Not another bug!

Yep, it happened on the way home yesterday. I supplemented my diet with some high-protein, low-fat materials. Of course, getting it down was a bit of a problem. These things tend to hang on when they are swallowed whole. I did try to enhance its ability to leave with a series of coughs, but it just wasn't working out (I was also still trying to focus on staying on the road). A few hearty gulps from the camelback finally did the trick.

This morning, one of his (her?) kin (probably a distant cousin), decided to avenge the death by stinging me on the leg. I'm just thankful that she didn't go for the offending body part and sting me somewhere on the face. She just put a nice welt on my thigh. And I thought the cooler weather we are having would quell the insect activity. I guess the upper 50s isn't low enough. Hurry up winter! I can't take much more of this!