Monday, August 1, 2011

Ticked

I found out the origins of the word "ticked" last week.

I spent an hour or two weeding my garden. Then I went inside and nursed my 5 week old baby. When she was done I noticed a dark little something on her chubby, naked little leg. It was a tick - a burrowing gosh darn tick. I felt swaths of disgust, bolts of repulsion, and reams of anger.

Yeah, I know the origins of the word "ticked."

*No babies were diseased in the discovery shared in this post - praise all that's good and holy.

2 comments:

Irene said...

You were a little older when you got "ticked". It had its head buried and was swollen when we found it. Much digust and repulsion. Dad got it out.

JessicaP said...

I had no idea. Maybe that is where my deep ticked"ness", rage and fear toward ticks originates.