Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite… Really

We all know the quote: “Sleep tight… Don’t let the Bed Bugs bite!”

For the majority of my lifetime, I’ve shrugged off that quote, certain that bugs in my bed that would bite me in my sleep were no more real than the boogyman in my closet who would emerge from my open closet in order to rip my head off (of course, to this day I can’t fall asleep without completely shutting my closet door, but that’s neither here nor there).

Unfortunately, both for my ever-changing sense of reality and for our collective health, bed bugs are not only very real, but they are very rapidly becoming a country-wide epidemic. Yes, those bed bugs are biting, and weary people everywhere are lamenting their lack of tight sleeps and bodies covered in itchy, annoying bites. Read more