When we first moved into our house, everything was
so overgrown. No one had lived on the property for almost 5 years. The ground
was covered with either Brazilian Pepper trees or ferns.
First thing we had to do was put a safety fence
around the pool as our kids were just tiny tots. We didn't have a tractor so
John had to mow 3 acres with a push mower.
One day he was mowing around the pool where most of
the fern grew. He said he felt something on him but kept brushing it off. Well,
before he knew it, he was covered with ground bees. They were down his shirt, in
his pants, stinging through his pants and in his steel toed boots.
He ran to the pool. It was blocked by the damn
safety fence. He ran to the back door. It was locked. He finally ran into the
garage and into the house. They followed him all the way and some even got into
the house. He ripped his clothes off and jumped in the shower, every inch of his
body burning and stinging.
I came home and found him laying on the futon,
swollen and nauseas.I asked him what happened and he told me the story. I got
the bottle of Benedryl and poured what I could down his throat
without him vomiting. Poor baby, he was miserable.
The next night I went out back and saw him sitting
in the lawn chair drinking Corona's and holding 2 cans of Raid wasp and
hornet killer. He showed me the two holes they had made. They were going into
one and coming out the other. It was dusk and he was lit, (from the Coronas) and
he wasn't taking any prisoners.
As they were flying into the nest he sprayed and
screamed, "Die you S.O.B.'s" and as they were flying out he sprayed and laughed
like a mad man. His body was still throbbing from the day's previous stings and
his skin was hot to the touch. But the smell of Raid in the air and
the thrill of the kill temporarily eased his pain. He showed them.
Men, they are so funny. To make this endurance
related.....
One time at band camp, I mean Leatherwood, I was
riding with my Homie, Tracie and we were just finishing up the ride. I saw the
bees on the ground and yelled to her to "GO!" Then I heard her screaming
and when we were clear, she caught up to me and told me they got her good. As we
came into camp she jumped off her horse and pulled down her pants. Oooo-weee
gurl, you are sexy with your riding pants down around your ankles and big red
welts all over your behind!
