Darn Chiggers

What itches like crazy, takes weeks to go away, and itches like crazy?

"Son, them's chiggers." -Dad's co-worker to dad. You can ask him about HIS chigger story...

Nothing like chigger bites here in Texas, that's for sure. Last week at Heather and Dane's open house, I was attacked by chiggers. Strangely enough, no one else got chigger bites except me...

Well, what are chiggers exactly?
"Chiggers are tiny, six-legged wingless organisms (larvae) that grow up to become a type of mite. Chiggers are found in tall grass and weeds. Their bite causes severe itching.Chiggers bite humans around the waist, ankles, or in warm skin folds. Bites commonly occur in the summer and fall months."
https://health.google.com/health/ref/Chiggers

I've had chigger bites so many times before in the past, I knew exactly what they were when I saw them. Well, I was itching them like crazy before I realized that I had them. I have memories of getting them at girls camp and applying fun shades of nail polish on them. It's usually best to apply caladryl, but nail polish works too. (Not as well, but more fun!)

Its been about a week and they are mostly gone, but the itch doesn't go away till they are completely gone.

"Welcome home!" - Dad

Gee thanks.