This weekend I found something else that frustrates me just like the wind does when I'm riding my bike up a hill (see previous post titled Anger - Good or Bad? YES).
Bugs. Those annoying little gnats that swarm in packs. They attack your eyes...your mouth...your ears...I even had one fly up my nose!
So how did I deal with this anger?
1. Sat in a camp chair with an angry look on my face hoping the useless little creatures would be intimidated by my scowl.
When that didn't work...
2. Bug spray.
Spraying myself didn't do a lick of good. Spraying the air around me - not so much either.
Next.
3. Sang "If You're Happy and You Know It" while sporadically clapping my hands together to try to kill as many of the pests as I could in each clap. You'd be surprised...a few of the other campers were doing this as well.
No. And the winner is...
4. Put a baseball cap on with a hoodie.
This temporarily worked. Why? It blocked my vision of most of the pesky little buggers. They still managed to fly at my face every once in a while, however.
I did feel silly getting angry with the gnats, but I wasn't really sure what to do about it since they were constantly in my face. My temporary fix was good enough for this time.
Next camping trip...
A mosquito net hat. I don't care if I look crazy. At least I won't be wasting my time being angry with bugs.
P.S. One of my favorites made friends with the gnats. She's much sweeter than me.
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Oh man... I'm with ya on this one. Remind me sometime to tell you the story of when I was laying sod down in Georgia and was being attacked by gnats. I was literally brought to tears... That's how much I hate those things.
ReplyDeleteI need to meet your favorite that made friends with them. Maybe she has some sort of trick up her sleeve?