Tough Love

Actual email conversation with a family member about my bee sting:

Family Member:
Why did you kick the bee? That was dumb. Take some benadryl (Diphenhydramine) or an equivalent antihistamine. Google bee sting and see what comes up. I hope you feel better, and don't do anything else like that.

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My Response:
I didn't do it on purpose. I was walking along the side of the creek, and all of a sudden my foot had a sharp pain in mid step. Realising that there are no such things as invisible rocks, I look down to see what happened. There were like 15 bees buzzing around, all trying to drink, and angry that some human was walking through their creek. So I think I must have kicked one (or 3) by accident.

It's still really red and swollen, so if it doesn't clear up by tomorrow, Davor is going to take me to the clinic so I can get a shot of antihists and steroids like WebMD told me to. I know I'm still having reaction because my body temp is all crazy now, and I am get the whole light headed thing.

And I'll try to keep away from bees in the future. Told my Dad that this would have all been avoided if he had taught *me* how to pet a bee....

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Family Member Response:
Then why are you telling people you kicked a bee? You are making yourself sound not so bright and frat-boy-ish. Much better that it wasn't on purpose. Okay, wear closed toed shoes next time you are walking around in the great outdoors. Didn't you ever go to camp?

The bee would not have been happy with you trying to pet it either, so don't try it. :)

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My Response:

Because I did kick it, just on accident. But I'll clarify it next post, never fear.

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So, to clarify, I kicked the bee on accident as part of my natural gait, while wearing Davor's sandals after wading out of the knee-high creek to make sure his kids had not drowned each other yet. I did not try to go all Bruce Lee or "Kung Fu" on it (besides, Master Po never asked Caine to "kick the bee from the sky, grasshopper. Pebble from hand, yes. Bee from sky, no.)

So there you have it. Consider it clarified. Thank you, anonymous family member, for making sure I'm ok, and I'll attempt to not do anything else as dumb in the next few weeks. :-)