Bite Me

So, there is an insect here in Ecuador that is tiny, maybe the size of a period. It's black. It seems to occasionally bite my ankles, one bit me on Sunday. I had been bitten before and this was the first time I actually saw the insect. If you had asked me before what it looked like I wouldn't have been able to tell you. Now I know it's small and black.

The bites are extremely painful. Well, the bite itself just itches, but over the course of the next few days there is a dull ache. But that's not the worst part. It starts swelling and itching when you walk. That's where the pain comes in. Fortunately, this time I only got one bite. When my parents visited in December I had six, three on each ankle. And we went hiking (I thought that hiking boots would support my ankles, but that was a bad idea). I complained the whole time.

But the bite is slowly healing and I can walk again.