Mrfl grmfl #%$# #*$%&#$W% mosquitoes

Yeah, I have at least nine mosquito bites on my right foot and ankle, apparently courtsy of a mosquito that got in while I was repairing the screen door (or possibly immediately before I repaired it), and the itching has been driving me nuts all night.  When it comes to ecosystems and species, in the words of the Lord High Executioner¹,

I've got a little list,

They'd none of them be missed ...

...and mosquitoes are DEFINITELY on my list of species I Wouldn't Miss from our ecosystem.  The only useful function they serve is as fish food, and other species would take up that slack.

[1] As in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado, naturally.

The gripping hand

The gripping hand, actually, seems to be exactly the problem.  I saw the doctor about my right wrist today, X-rays were taken, and the conclusion is there's no bony injury or anything of that nature; I haven't fractured anything without knowing it.  His working theory is that it's a repetitive-stress injury from gripping and using my cane.

Treatment, for the moment:  I need to watch how much weight I put on my cane, and I need to pad the handle, or fab a new handle with padding built in (possibly easier and more effective).  In the meantime, for the next week, I'm on anti-inflammatories.  A LOT of anti-inflammatories.  800mg of naproxen sodium, three times a day, with meals.  (I suppose this means I need to eat three meals a day for the next week, something I don't usually do -- I'm used to eating two meals a day, sometimes only one.)