She's a Pain

These past couple of nights, she's been whispering to me while I'm deep in sleep, waking me up with random nibbles. I try to pull the sheets over my head to hide from her, but she manages to get to me anyhow. I'm getting really, really annoyed. If I can find her, I'm gonna smack her so hard...

I'm being plagued by a mosquito. On the night we break out the comforter because the evenings are getting colder, she pays me a visit. I was woken up at 4 AM by the swooping buzz of beating mosquito wings. That's one of the most perturbing sounds to me - like the scratch of a fork against a plate. I shot up out of bed and left a trail of lights from the hallway to the bathroom to lead her out. In the bathroom, I discover three dollar-size welts along my left side.

Every living creature is supposedly put on this Earth for a reason. A mosquito is the prime example of a parasitic being which has no purpose in life but to cause discomfort to other living beings. What's the point???

Mosquito facts - know thy enemy:

• Only female mosquitoes bite
• Female mosquitoes can live from 3 to 100 days
• You only itch from a mosquito bite if you're allergic to them
• What causes the allergic reaction is the mosquito's saliva, which is injected under your skin to thin out your blood and make it easier to drink