I HATE MOSQUITOS!!

I hate mosquitoes. They mock you with their high frequency buzzing. The mosquitoes in St. Croix are a lot more stealthy than the ones in Ohio. There’s one someplace close to my bed that has been biting me over and over again and every time I think I’m close to squishing it, she darts away. And of course I wake up the next morning with a bunch of icky bites on my hands, lower back calves and feet especially. I hate it when insects and animals outsmart me. Stupid mosquitoes.
Did you know that mosquitoes don’t really suck your blood, they just tap into blood lowing right under the surface of your skin and let it flow into their pouches. All mosquitoes that bite you are female. They feed their children on the blood that they collect. Also bug repellant works whatever area of skin you cover with repellent becomes invisible to mosquitoes (I used to know why but I’ve forgotten). But any other area of skin that you may have missed the mosquito will find and tap in from that point. You can't win.
Today after rubbing Hydrocortisone on my several bites I went to the Whim Plantation Museum and toured the grounds. It was a sugar cane plantation back in colonial times. It turns out that rum is evaporated molasses. So that means that a sugar plantation, with a bit more effort, can double as a Rum Factory. Back in the day sugar was the main moneymaker for St. Croix. Now I think it’s tourism, which is unfortunate. I don’t like tourists for some reason. They buy expensive property in the hills and like to call themselves Islanders. (Alexander Hamilton was from St. Croix on a plantation and is considered Cruzian) They open surf shops, health food bars, and stupid touristy shit like that which of course attracts more tourists. I’m okay with people visiting places but visiting someplace should put you at least partially outside of your comfort zone, you shouldn’t be around only lobsterbacked white people, you should mingle with the place and people that you’re visiting, not just historical sites, guided tours and hotel swimming pools, you could do that anywhere. GET THE FUCK OUT OF YOUR RENTAL JEEP AND TRY TAKING THE FUCKING TAXI ONCE IN A WHILE, ASSHOLES!!

Wait a minute…Yes I got it (the mosquito). Here’s to an itch free night!

Until next time…