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Christy & fam had some kind of stomach bug last week. Well, this weekend was my turn. As if it weren't uncomfortable enough, our air conditioning decided to stop working. So, I thought I'd go check out the circuit breakers on the side of the house. While I'm out there, I feel a sharp poke in my back and then a buzz in my ear. I was just stung by a yellow jacket. I've been stung by bees before, but this was a new one. It felt like a mini fire for a few mins and got a little puffy, but nothing big. Now I know I don't react for future stings. :p Of course, I couldn't let him get away with that. I went back outside armed with bug spray and looked around for a nest. I couldn't find anything and then the yellow jacket flew into a corner of our shed roof, so I soaked the whole area. Within the next few minutes, what I thought were a few drips from the bug spray soaking were actually more yellow jackets falling down dying. I had hit the jackpot without realizing it. I made sure to put a dozen more layers of bug spray in the area. Here's a picture of the nest I knocked down a couple days later.