Pants on fire

Note: I'm not exactly sure why I chose this most excruciating event to restart my blog but wth?

AAARRGGHH!!!!!! That's the first thing my rather small mind and mouth could pull from the depths of my expanding vocabulary.( I'm sure if I could swear at the time i would have) This rather primal sound came out my mouth because of one rather incredible situation where I had fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) crawling all over, and around my buttocks. And I can asure you its not a a laughing matter. I bet you are just sitting there laughing.. HAHA! Ants in his pants? Who gets ANTS in his PANTS?? Yeah, well this innocent 10 year old did.

I had gone for a birthday celebration at a famous picninc and camping area called Niberi. It was a 1 hour drive away from the town I stayed in and the fun had already begun in the white minivan my friend's father conveniently owned. We arrived in a tumble of laughter as my friend (a rather fat one, mind you ) fell out of the van onto the grass and down the slope into a pond! I guess that should have been a sign of things to come because I'm sure there is definately an omen book out there that says- fat boy rolling down into pond-->very bad sign!

So after a change of clothes, my friend was back with the group and the main event kicked off. We played and ate enough to fill atleast two of each of us. The cake was absolutely delicious. We then decided to play the good old game of hide and seek. And that's where it started.

I was fairly good at the time, being able to hide in the most unbelievable and small places possible,for I was quite small for my age. So i went and hid in a deep hole above the framework of a door. Luckily for me the hole had just been cleaned(God only knows why.) and the ladder was conveniently left there for little me to use. I was not caught during that round.

Several turns later, I decided to choose a strategic hideout close to the denner's pole, but hidden. And that just happened to be a large mound of earth with what appeared to be a pillar at the top. As i crouched there waiting for the count to finish I felt a little prickly and ticklish down my leg, but I payed no mind to it. And THAT little mistake led to the fire that ran and danced in tribal fashions along my bottom.

My pant was pulled down and each ant plucked from my body as they wouldnt let go. Till today I'm not sure what was more painfull the bites themselves, the feel of skin being pulled along with the ants' heads or the look of my skin afterwards.

All in all, a fun and normal day for an accident magnet like me.