JoLynn Saves Juice From Death by SuperBug

We just arrived in Yichang after a super fun and hilarious cruise down the Yangtze river on a Chinese cruise ship. We got a hotel room for the night in Yichang, and we were pretty pleased with the place; it seemed clean, huge windows, high ceilings, full of character. I decided to lay down for a little nap while joLynn took a shower. Suddenly I hear this sound--ftt ftt ftt--I didn't open my eyes; sleepily I wonder what it could be. I hear it again--ftt ftt ftt--its, its, uh, right next to my ear. I open my eyes and see huge bugs, like 2-3 inches long, crawling on the bed next to my face. My heart jumped into my mouth; I shrieked and ran into the bathroom where I could cling to joLynn for protection. After a few moments I calmed myself--just a bug, bugs can't hurt you, go check it out, you pansy--and returned to the room to investigate the blankets. I didn't see the bugs on the bed. I turned over the bedspread and suddenly this big bug-like thing flew up in my face and started zipping around the room. Another shriek and I'm back in the bathroom, feeling pathetic. Finally joLynn got out of the shower and began hunting the creatures for me. Only one turned up. She caught it under a cup and we freed it out of our ninth-floor window, which of course has no screen or anything. We did not find any other bugs. She is trying to convince me that in my fright I imagined there were more bugs than there actually were. I have to sleep in that bed tonight I guess. Gulp. Tomorrow we fly to Shanghai to stay with Amy's aunt at the posh downtown five-star Marriott hotel where she has been living for the last year or so. No bugs there, I should hope.

I've been in great health, by the way. The trip has been the best. I will have lots of pictures to post when I return. I'll be back in Minneapolis Thursday evening, and start my job on Monday.