I Have No Idea Anymore

So you might remember that a while ago (like more than a month ago) I got bitten up by something (and I was really worried it was bed bugs).

Well, I'm here to tell you that the bites specifically on my arm STILL ITCH.

Not all the time, but still.  This is unfair!  It's been at least six weeks and I wake up almost every morning and they itch.  I put stuff on them and have no idea if it makes a difference or if I've just gotten used to the itching or what.

A few weeks after the bites though a friend at the water fitness class said she got bitten up by midges and she showed me the bites and the ones on her arm were the exact same pattern as the ones on my arm so maybe there is something *at* the gym (locker rooms?) or maybe in the air by the gym or maybe that's just another really weird coincidence but it did make me feel better that there are likely not bugs in my apartment.  (I hope)

But yeah, I don't know that I've had bites itch this long, and I don't know if it's whatever bit me or the heat or my age or what but I do know I do not like and I would like to not do it again and I would love to find something topical I can put on them that actually helps for more than three minutes! (I've tried all the over the counter things and... nothing does much to make a dent when the itching is really bad.)