nighttime paranoia

in the middle of the night, or early this morning rather, i woke up itching all over...normally i would probably have gone back to sleep (while wishing for the extinction of all mosquitos) if i hadn't gone over to talk my old roommate earlier. while we were catching up, she casually mentioned that they had a brief encounter with bedbugs in the apt (by way of one roommate's boyfriend's roommate?) but managed to exterminate them successfully before it became an infestation. as soon as she mentioned the dreaded 'b' word i was so thankful i hadn't actually taken the time to enter the apt. as it was, i took a tiny step backwards on the sidewalk, away from her as she stood in the building doorway. so of course when i woke up, itchy and covered in bites, i was full of panicky alarm. all i could imagine were tiny bugs crawling up and down my body...having a hedonistic dinner party. after looking at images of bedbug bites for a few hours and comparing them with my own, i finally went back to sleep at 4am. in the sane light of day, they look like the usual mosquito bites, slightly magnified by my persistent scratching...i'm wondering though, if i should buy one of those sealable plastic mattress covers...you know, just in case.