Maidstone

Back in Maidstone, Gary had to work up in London today - so I worked on catching up on my blogging a bit and Gary's mom, Linda, took me on a walk around the area and. Linda is really sweet! It was nice to talk with her! and really nice of her to take the time to take me on a walk and tell me a bit about the area. Here are some pictures from our walk:



Oh! here is something that is kind of fun...and by fun I mean absolutely disgusting and incredibly uncomfortable.
So you might think that all of these little red bumps all over my arms and legs are from misquotes...well that is what I thought at first too. But the bites were also on my feet which were always covered, so how would a misquote bite my feet? I couldn't figure it out. I called my dad and he suggested bed bugs. Yep! that's right. I knew exactly that's what it was when he said it. Then I remembered one day I woke up in the hostel we were staying in in Scotland and I saw a little bug in my bed. I had never seen that kind of bug before and I thought, "oh please don't let that be what I thought it was."
...Well it was! I did some research on the internet and found what bed bugs look like and what the bites look like and that is what I have! GROSS!!!! I found out it can take anywhere from 2-9 days for the bites to show up. They are kind of like misquote bites, really itchy and pretty uncomfortable, so I try not to scratch them. BLAH!!!
just a word of advise...when you hear the words,
"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite."
For REAL!!! do what they say and DON"T!!! Don't let them bite!!! cause its pretty awful!