Bike ride horror - ThinnerTimes

Gina in NY · 07-06-2007, 08:20 PM

Do not read this if you have issues with blood sucking insects or vomit...

You have been warned...

So DH takes son to see ratatouille (sp) and I ask my daughter, 3, if she'd like to do a bike ride. She is very excited - can't wait to ride in her trailer- and I'm psyched because I burn a heck of a lot more calories towing and extra 45 pounds.

So I get my bike out of the shed, put it on the car and feel this itchy sensation on my arm. I look and my arm is COVERED with the tiniest little insects I have ever seen. I can't see legs but they are moving all over me. I try to brush them off...they don't come off...I get the hose, they mostly don't spray off, though it helps. I start trying to smash them, they don't smash. I then decide theses are (I believe) tiny little tick nymphs. There are at least 200 on me. Then I notice they are on my legs too. I look - they're all over my bike. I hose down the bike, they do come off there, meanwhile, hosing down myself as much as possible. The only way to kill them is to smash them between my fingernails. After about 15 minutes, I figure I've gotten most of them off and get us into the car.

Driving along, finding more bugs, smashing them, trying not to drive off the road. Daughter yells up - "Mommy, my tummy hurts" She just had a good dinner, so I figure she is just tired of the 20 minute drive.

We get there, get out, set up the trailer - I'm still smashing bugs. Daughter can't wait to get going, happy as a clam, so, Off we go. We go 3/4 of a mile and I hear the, "Mommy, my tummy hurts." and then the cough. I stop the bike - too late. She is throwing up all over the trailer. She is soaked, from her neck to her shoes. She is a total mess, crying, of course. The trailer is a total mess...And here I am, 3/4 of a mile from the car, still smashing these horrible little bugs.

Try to calm daughter down, bike back to car - clean her up as much as I can, thank goodness I had a full set of clothes for her. Had to change her in the middle of a parking lot, while shaking vomit off her shoes etc... -Shake out the trailer, drive home...still smashing bugs.

Home, get daughter settled in front of TV, deal with some more vomitting - ready with towels this time. Finally - go to bathroom - figure I've gotten all the little bugs by this point. Take off the bike shorts - guess what - little tick-like things like to hide under the bike shorts. This is not good. A new reason for a pannulectomy - can't find ticks under all this skin - and now they've moved on to my happy place. All I can say is that I hope my husband likes the "shaved" look - because I was freaking out and had to be sure there was nothing moving down there.

So now DH has returned, says these are not ticks, that they're moving too fast. Haven't told him about the shaving detail - he'll find out soon enough. Hey - one less thing to do before surgery, right??

I'm headed for a hot shower after I hose down the trailer and put all these towels and things into the washer.

Sum total of calories burned - 250...Not quite what I was hoping for today...

The funny thing is - I love being a mom - wouldn't trade today for anything. She is so sweet. Told me she was sorry she threw up. Poor little thing.

Hope you have better workouts this weekend!!

VanessaSFL · 07-06-2007, 09:48 PM

God Bless you Gina.....what a crazy day!!!!Great story also

rainrain · 07-06-2007, 10:07 PM

Now that my kids are pretty much grown I look back on those days where I cried myself to sleep and think I did a pretty good job...considering I made it with out a stay in the coocoo's nest!!!

One time I had an adventure in a Drug store and my kids were simultaniously having episodes of disasters...with the grand finaly being my daughter painting her face with hot pink lipstick she got out of myu purse which was in the bottom of the shopping basket where she was sitting....I began to cry right there in the store when out of no where this lady comes up to me and says "you may not believe this now, but some day you will remember this day and laugh"...then as quickly as she came she was gone.
I think God sent me an angel to give me patience. I ttook her words to faith and took pics of that hot pink chubby little face....I treasure those pictures and yes, I laugh!!

enjoy, it's gone in a blink!

JenBear7 · 07-07-2007, 02:54 AM

ACK! the bike ride from hell! wonder wtf the bugs were? Gotta love the youngins tho... how sweet of her to apologize for being sick..like she could help it..

MiladyB · 07-07-2007, 09:00 AM

awwww Gina, you did have a rough day but so thankful to see that you can smile through it all!! You're a great Mom, Gina!! It shows in the sweetness of your daughter.

Gina in NY · 07-07-2007, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by rainrain

Now that my kids are pretty much grown I look back on those days where I cried myself to sleep and think I did a pretty good job...considering I made it with out a stay in the coocoo's nest!!!

One time I had an adventure in a Drug store and my kids were simultaniously having episodes of disasters...with the grand finaly being my daughter painting her face with hot pink lipstick she got out of myu purse which was in the bottom of the shopping basket where she was sitting....I began to cry right there in the store when out of no where this lady comes up to me and says "you may not believe this now, but some day you will remember this day and laugh"...then as quickly as she came she was gone.
I think God sent me an angel to give me patience. I ttook her words to faith and took pics of that hot pink chubby little face....I treasure those pictures and yes, I laugh!!

enjoy, it's gone in a blink!

My son is 12 - as tall as I am. How is that possible?? I see it flying by - I really do. Also knowing that my daughter is my last baby makes me treasure these crazy times all the more.

I did spend a few minutes wondering if there really were bugs on me or if I'd lost my mind. When I found some to show DH when he got home (yes they were still on me two 1/2 hours later!!) and he could see them too, I felt much better.

I'd love to see those photos of the lipstick face - what kids don't think of?

Jeanie · 07-07-2007, 09:41 AM

Gina that sounds horrible. Did you get all the bugs off? Are there bite marks all over you? Maybe you should go to the doc. I hope your little girl is feeling better!

AlabamaChick · 07-07-2007, 09:59 AM

Ewwwwwwwww @ the bugs! What color were they? If they migrated to the groin area and under the arms, they may have been chiggers! Those things make you miserable! Do you itch today? If you are itching from them....you need to go to the dr. to see if it is chiggers. They embed under the skin and are hard little boogers to get rid of! ROFL...I can just see you frantically shaving your......um....... LOL I dont BLAME YOU! I would have too! You poor thing. Hopefully your daughter will wanna go back with you on a day when she feels better. I remember those days very well of the propel vomiting when it would go down MY shirt and we in town or at church and there is nothing you can do but breath shallow all the way home til you can get cleaned up! LOL

JenBear7 · 07-07-2007, 10:24 AM

No chiggers up here Trina...

Gina in NY · 07-07-2007, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by AlabamaChick

Ewwwwwwwww @ the bugs! What color were they? If they migrated to the groin area and under the arms, they may have been chiggers! Those things make you miserable! Do you itch today? If you are itching from them....you need to go to the dr. to see if it is chiggers. They embed under the skin and are hard little boogers to get rid of! ROFL...I can just see you frantically shaving your......um....... LOL I dont BLAME YOU! I would have too! You poor thing. Hopefully your daughter will wanna go back with you on a day when she feels better. I remember those days very well of the propel vomiting when it would go down MY shirt and we in town or at church and there is nothing you can do but breath shallow all the way home til you can get cleaned up! LOL

No chiggers this far north dear. Ticks are the things to worry about in NY - especially my area. Highest rate of Lyme disease in the country here. So that is why I'm a little paranoid about it. Like I said, hubby insists they weren't ticks, they are gone, there is no itch, no bites - so I think I'm okay. Daughter now has 99.5 fever and I think it is climbing. Poor little things is really getting dish-rag like. She can keep down toast and ice cubes. Poor sweet little girl. She's such an angel.