As some of you may know, I am newly married. I have been with my husband for a total of 5 years and married for 2 months. I have cared for him while he has been sick, injured or just in a mood.
What I have not done, up until a few days ago, was carefully remove thee most disgusting blood sucking vile TICK from the dead center of his backā¦.. with my good tweezers.
Yes, being in the prairies I have learned that ticks are just a thing you learn to live with. THIS YEAR THOUGH, I swear they are the worst they have ever been.
Yesterday he came home from walking the dog in Sprucewoods and had 5 of the tiny ninja bugs crawling on him. I screamed; goosebumps formed on my arms from shuddering at the thought that they could end up on me!
Carefully and with steady hands I removed the tick, making sure the head came with it. Squeezing hard to crush it and then flushing it with hopes of it never surfacing again.
In that moment I thought, enough is enough. How do I prevent these invaders from taking over our summer and spare my good tweezers?
Tick prevention with humans is simple.
The CDC has a list of tips and tricks to help make sure you can spare your good tweezers and help avoid the blood suckers from taking over.
The Husband, The Tick and The Good Tweezers
By Ally Mitchell
May 25, 2020 | 12:00 PM