mosquito bites suck (ha ha ha)

I knew that mosquitos would be a problem when we moved here (we loaded up on enough permethrin and bug spray to prompt our REI cashier to say, "I don't ever want to go where you're going.") I just didn't realize that in spite of diligently dousing myself in chemicals, I would never experience a day without a mosquito bite while I'm on this island. For those curious people who are dying to know, my vote for the worst places to get mosquito bites are:

1- in between your fingers or toes. it's just not pleasant.

2- on your waist, exactly so the waist of your pants/skirt rubs against it all day long which makes it itch all day long.

3- in the arch of your foot. this seems to happen to me a lot and every time it pisses me off.

4- on your butt. this only makes the list because of how lame you look when you scratch it, other than that, it's not too bad.

5- on the back of your achilles tendon, which would be much worse if we lived anywhere that required normal shoes, but the flip flops make it tolerable

*photo stolen borrowed from the online encyclopedia brittanica