Son of a f!!%#$!’ bitch!

I just got popped twice on the shin by yellowjackets, from a nest I didn’t know was there.  This is the first time I’ve been stung by anything since I was six, and I have no idea whether I get anaphylaxis from this or not.  I hope not, since I don’t have an Epipen handy (my last one was defective and out of date, both).  I didn’t react that way when I was a kid—my foot (I stepped on a yellowjacket in the grass that time) just swelled up and I had to sit with it in a bath of Epsom salts for a while, so perhaps I’ll just get a coupla good welts I can live with.  I smeared toothpaste on the stings, at L’s advice, to help reduce the swelling and pain.

Those jackets are getting Raid-ed just as soon as I can get to them.