Something Else to Worry about when Traveling

Has this ever happened to you? Just when you are about to leave on vacation, you suddenly hear about outrageous things happening to tourists. Plane hijackings, planes sitting on runways for hours on end and now everywhere you turn you are hearing about bed bugs.

We will be boarding a plane exactly one week from today to spend an enjoyable time at a resort. We have been looking forward to this for more than six months, and suddenly every news station is bombasting us with the fact that there is a bed bug epidemic in North America This does not sit well with me. I can tolerate the occasional spider, or an ant or two, but bed bugs....NOT.

These little creatures have invaded the classiest of hotels in New York, and have even been found infesting the fabric furniture in the esteemed Empire State Building.

Just typing about this makes me itchy.

I am hoping that the folks who transport these little critters do not care for the South or ocean front properties...and have kept to the more cosmopolitan areas. That is my hope. I have learned that the South has a critter known as NOSEEUMS, which make me itch something awful, and they have cockroaches which they try to pass off as June bugs, but I know the difference. I have come to terms with both of those, but sharing my bed with something other than my husband just makes me queasy.

Will I check the bedding of this somewhat posh resort as soon as I arrive? You can count on it.