wasp

look at this face. look at this disgusting, evil face.

david and i were walking in the berkeley hills today. we had just reached la loma park, when i felt a tiny spot of extreme pain on my inner thigh. i thought something was biting me, but when i looked down, i saw the little yellow and black creature. a wasp, according to david. it was on my jacket that i had tied around my waist. i pulled the jacket off and threw it to the ground.

i had never been stung by one of these before. i was stung by a bee once, when it got stuck in my sleeve, but it was only a mild irritation. i described it as a "light sting," with the stinger still attached to the bee and not me. but this... it hurt so bad that i started crying profusely. i cried for several minutes, as others at the park looked over at me. 

i picked up my jacket, and found the nasty insect still sitting on it. i flung it around in the air and ran away. i headed toward the bathroom to look at the damage: a tiny red wound. so much hurt from such a small spot!

i sat down for a few minutes as i continued crying. david kept thinking he saw things flying around, in a paranoid manner. i picked up my jacket once again, and the stupid thing was still there!! it started to fly and i ran away again, deciding that i didn't even want the jacket anymore.

we headed back down the hill, david carrying the offending jacket. walking was incredibly painful, with my pants rubbing against the sting. when we got back to his place, he took me on his motorcycle (yeah, i finally got a motorcycle helmet, but shh... don't tell my parents) to cvs to get some sort of cream to put on in. i got two things, unable to decide what to get. neither of them really helped with pain though.

it's been about four and half hours, and it still hurts. the only thing that helps is to put ice on it. 

why do sucky things happen to me?

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update: i figured out why the stupid thing kept going back to my jacket. it was the lavender lotion that i had in my pocket. i won't make that mistake again. also, i was feeling better the next day.