Last night around 10:30 PM, a cat fell off the roof. Made a lot of noise. Couldn’t get back to sleep. Then a mosquito started hovering around my ears, so I decided to revive a nightly tradition from earlier this month and douse myself in bug spray. It was late, I was tired, I didn’t have my glasses on, the lights were off.
Long story short, I sprayed myself in the eye with insect repellent.
The pain was excruciating, but not intolerable. On a scale from one to ten, I’d give it about a seven. I’d never do it again, not even for a bet… depending on the stakes. $100, no way. Not a chance. For $1,000, though… well… I’d at least have to consider it.
We had our last Cineastas class today, and I fly back to Minneapolis on Saturday. More posts, pictures and video to come soon now that I have less work to do, and I’ll be announcing an exciting new… thingie… in a couple weeks.
Tags: DEET, insect repellent, money, Nicaragua, pain, travel