Framework Finished

At long last, the framework for this band is done!!

I still have the flowers to do, but I'll work on that tomorrow.

Hopefully, I will be stitching earlier tomorrow than I was today. I got a late start.

I was late getting up because I have been the victim of a vicious attack. Apparently, there is a mosquito in the house. She has been waiting until I go to bed, and then she gets me, because every morning I wake up with a new welt. And the collection  I've accumulated itches.

I can avoid scratching when I'm awake. It isn't easy, but I can do it. However, when I'm asleep, if something itches, I scratch. And, as we all know who have suffered from mosquito bites, the more you scratch the more you itch.

And that mans the itching has been waking me up.

Why is it that pangs and pains are always worse when it's the middle of the night?

Anyway, I've dabbed antihistamine cream on the bites, which helps for a limited period of time. Then I read that a mild oral antihistamine could also help with the itch. So I took a Benadryl before I went to bed last night.

I didn't itch. I also didn't wake up until half the day was over.

Tonight I'm going to dab myself with peppermint extract. Apparently mosquitoes don't like that flavor. Hopefully it will work.

Or I can just say I was having Christmas in July.