Sleeping with the Enemy

I promise to post some beautiful pictures of St. Barth soon enough.

Until then, I will share some of the "realities" of SBH.  

My two perceived enemies of the island are the sun and the mosquito.

Now the sun I love.  It's bright, warm and lovely.  I really love the hot weather.  No complaints here.  I love it when it it bright out.  Totally lifts my spirits.  It just has to potential to damage the skin/give you cancer.  A little concerning.  So I am a little SPF crazy.  Sunglasses, hat sometimes, etc.  The higher the SPF, the better, although there is no proof that the 100+ SPF is any better than 15/30.  I just like the way it sounds.

And the mosquito.  The french pronunciation is "moo-steek" which I smile at every time I hear it.  The moo-steek is smaller than the northeastern U.S. moo-steek but just as vicious.  And can give you dengue fever.  Which is no walk in the park.  These little buggers surround our ankles and calves like no tomorrow.  And when the light is out, bzzzz bzzzz bzzzz around our heads when we are in bed.  I am going to go purchase a mosquito net for my bed.  I used to think they were an expensive decorating technique.  They are actually a necessity in some parts of the world.

My favorite defense against the moo-steek is the moo-steek racquet.  It looks like a small tennis racquet and the net part becomes electrified when you push a button.  You simply swat at the moo-steek and ZAP!  It catches it in the net and zaps it.  Very satisfying.  I walk around with it constantly.

Bridgette is not such of the fan.  Of the moo-steek or the racquet.