Hurry, Get Your Cootie Shot

My bug bites by the numbers:
Right hand: 4
Left hand: 2
Tummy: 2 (one on my belly button!)
Right eyelid: 1
Neck: 1
Right leg: 4
Left leg: 3
Back: 1

Sound like fun to anyone? I wish I could tell you that it was, or that I had found some way to give myself a cootie shot to protect my poor body from being subjected to more of this pain and misery. Yet, I think that I will just have to deal with it. The tiger mosquito is apparently quite a problem here in Rome, and we have been told that there is a large campaign going to on to combat them. I guess it isn't working too well!

I don't wear perfume, I stopped eating bananas (we were told that they are attracted to that scent), and I try not to leave the windows open in our room at night when they would be tempted to fly in. I'm not even at Crane Lake! ;-) But no, these things haven't made a difference. I am still walking around itching every part of my body (and looking slightly silly while doing it).

The really cold weather doesn't appeal to me because I still want to leave my apartment when it gets to that point. Yet, I wouldn't complain about 2 days of cold in the near future to bring on a freeze that would get rid of this pesky little bug.

Anyone know where I can find anti-itching cream in Rome. Or maybe some meat tenderizer?