Oh so afraid

It has rained for the last week and half. Straight. Rain didn't stop once for an entire 10 days.

I go running outside 2-3 a week, and I have become afraid.

See, after more than a week of rain, there is a lot of standing water. Standing water means mosquitoes. I'm not talking the little buzz-in-your-ear mosquitoes. I'm talking mosquitoes the size of your hand, just waiting for you to look it right in the eye so it can plunge its four-inch bloodsucking mouth into your juicy flesh.

They are everywhere. And it's a scary sight - since they are so large, they don't really fly. They just float in the breeze. From far away, they look like cute dandelion wisps floating on a cushion of air... until you notice it's black, has six long legs and wants to suck the life out of you.

It makes running a sort of game, but in a life-or-death kind of way. I can't wait for the water to evaporate.