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What did you do this week (and weekend)?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
I suspect, but so far cannot confirm, that I have bedbugs. I have "bedbug PTSD" and am normally so careful with hotels, but I've been travelling a lot lately (against my will! I am not much of a traveller!) and it's entirely possible I caught a straggler.
I've got some unexplained itchy welts... I can't find any signs of infestation in my bed or couch, no dander or spots, and my partner is untouched. But the bites are so familiar that I'm basically convinced. I am extremely reactive, a fact I know from unfortunate experience. It is a curse in the sense of being very irritated, but perhaps a blessing in terms of early detection. :/
Honestly I'm pretty worked up about it. The fear has been ramping up the last couple days and I kind of feel like I want to puke/cry - anyone who has dealt with them before will know how horrible it is. I have plans today and tomorrow to tear down my bed and couch, to get a plastic protector and some diatomaceous earth, and I have traps arriving on Sunday which will hopefully help confirm. The plans make me feel a bit better, but I don't even 100% know if it's bedbugs yet and I'm tempted to throw out everything I own and just start over. Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh.