Brain clutter

[melaniesuzanne]

The two days of rain has made me morose. Everything is really and truly peachy keen in my little corner of the world, but all I want to do is curl up in a ball and eat doughnuts

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[melaniesuzanne]

We usually go on hiatus in July so folks can focus on Pennsic. Right now we're working up music to sing at a member's church at the end of June.

[wombatgirl]

Something to think about

I got 30 tick bites at Lilies 2 years ago. I didn't show any signs of any illness, but I went and got meds, just in case.

In whining about it after, I was told that if I upped my vitamin B intake, it would help. So I thought I'd try it.

I got 2 bites the next year. That's it.

I'm keeping up the Vitamin B.

[melaniesuzanne]

Iiiinteresting. Thanks for the heads-up!

[wombatgirl]

Oh, let me clarify. This was not my doctor telling me about the vitamin. It was someone else, not in the medical profession. But I decided I'd give it a shot.

[reasdream]

Just taking supplements? For how long? (do I have time before sapphire?)

[stitchwhich]

I've camped at Sapphire every year - and have yet to get a tick. But the secret of the new site is 'don't go into the fort'. *That* is where most of the little buggers are and I noticed that most of the folks who wrote on the Merry Rose that they'd been bitten were also folks I knew had spent time inside the fort walls. Personally, unless someone I know is specifically getting an award, I skip court - because it's in there. And while I've walked the merchant area inside the wall, I don't go any deeper into the fort.

And for the record, I have not ever used anyt insect repellent. I just don't go into the tree/lush grass areas.

[melaniesuzanne]

Ahh, that must be it. I've camped on the arid, treeless part of the site and come home tick-free. I'm glad to hear that there hasn't been some tick explosion through the entire site in the past few years.

[shalandara]

According to the American Lyme Disease Foundation most of Virginia is in the rare category for being exposed to Lymes Disease. (http://www.aldf.com/RiskMap/virginia/virginia.shtml... )

[azpapillion]

Actually, I have a very good friend who got a tick bite from Sapphire and it turned into lyme disease. 3 years later, she's still not 100% recovered...

[caemfind]

I was told yesterday that when they went to clean up the site last Saturday a lot of bug killing stuff was put down to try and get that problem under control. So hopefully it won't be so tick-y this year!

[melaniesuzanne]

Whoo hoo!

Will you be there?

[caemfind]

Yes!