So apparently there is a boom in tiny bedbugs. Maybe even the “biggest outbreak since WWII.” They are strong little suckers, resisting many pesticides — and apparently they like to travel, spreading fast through hotels, dormitories, and buildings. So when you tell your kids at night, “Don’t let the bedbugs bite,” you really may mean it. And when my daughter says, “Mommy, there aren’t really bedbugs, right?” I lie and tell her, “No, of course not honey.”

I am totally freaked out by bedbugs. My husband doesn’t want me to talk about them because he travels for work, which means they could eat his flesh and then travel home with him… to us! Okay, I realize I am being a little over the top… but am I? Once infected (or maybe infested is the better word) they are a serious pain in the ass to get rid of. Aside from the itchy red welts on your skin, symptoms incurred from these tiny creatures are anxiety, insomnia, shame, and possibly thousands of dollars of tossed out furniture and cost for pest control!

Then there is the swine flu. My husband is obsessed with the coverage and it doesn’t help that it’s on the cover of the paper every single day. It’s true that we are in the eye of the storm, as he reminds me daily. New York has been hit badly and the principal of a school just died from the Swine. Here’s the thing… lots of people get the flu every year and thousands of people die yearly from the flu. I am not discounting the danger in having the swine flu but people are completely overreacting. Symptoms are the same as any other flu: high fever, vomiting, and basically feeling pretty shitty for up to a couple of weeks.

So that brings me to my question… which would you rather get, the swine flu or a bedbug infestation? I’ll tell you… I think I would rather get and recover from the swine flu. Recover, of course, being the key word here. Just keep the bugs out of my house!

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