Jane in Spain

Last night was very strange.

I'd been aware for the previous couple of nights of a high pitched buzzing noise in the bedroom but we couldn't locate the cause. To be on the safe side, I plugged the anti-mozzie blue light thing next to my bedside table, sprayed myself with repellent and lavender oil and slithered into bed.  My partner Mike and the two dogs sleep in the second bedroom due to snoring (Mike) and wind (dogs) problems.

I woke around 6am with a row of stinging lumps stretching from my forefinger to my shoulder on my left arm, which must have been outside the sheet while I slept on my right side. The little buzzer had got me. I threw the sheet off and headed for the bathroom to apply bite relief spray before jumping back into bed, my left arm throbbing with pain.

Mike came in, the dogs trotting behind him, and we had our usual early morning tea watching the sun rise through the window. As the beams of light fell across the bed I noticed streaks of red had appeared on the sheet and pillowcase. Blood! The mozzie must have been draining my blood while I slept!  It was then that Mike noticed that my right hand was smeared red. On closer inspection, it seemed that my (red) nail varnish had somehow melted off and everything I had touched was covered in it. All we can think of is that there must be an ingredient in the repellent spray that zaps nail varnish.

It was a relief to realise that I hadn't been attacked by a killer mosquito but I still haven't got all the nail varnish off the bedding.