ah argh! If it gave me a rash I'd really be unhappy.
I have a horrible but now almost funny story to tell. I can only tell it now because the itch is going away and the welts are only bruises. I've mentioned that I hate ants, well, I really hate them. There are dozens of kinds here but the really horrid ones are really small and they bite. The bite makes a huge welt on me, turns into a bruise and then itches like crazy for 3 or 4 days.
The other night I was going to take a shower before bed and didn't want to close the roof door, I like to shower at night with the view of cathedral lit up. So, I turned off the light in the bathroom, took my shower, grabbed my towel and was drying off when I started feeling burning spots all over. I turned on the light but I still couldn't see anything but I felt the welts coming up. I got my partner to look (younger eyes) and there were tiny, tiny ants all over my towel. They had come out of the baseboard, up the wall to the towel rack and onto my towel. I had bites ALL OVER!! In very uncomfortable places!
I took to my bed with some benedryl for the next 2 days, it was horrible. I did get up the next morning and get the exterminator over here, he had just been here a few weeks before and his guarantee was in effect. I told him my sad story and he circled the room at the base of the wall with a gel and put more powder in the outlet covers. He told me this is the worst season for them because it is hot and dry and they were in my towel looking for water.
I started thinking about poking holes in this 150 yo house and trying to blow poison into the walls to kill all of them. I know, it's overkill and I won't do it but I would certainly love to nuke the lot of them in my neighborhood. They live in the electrical channels in the walls and it sometimes feels like the house is made of ants. I don't see them often, and never in the kitchen where the exterminator is very careful to keep clear but I don't think he was as diligent in the upstairs bathroom before, he will be now.
