Saint Catherine's University and Bed Bugs

Saint Catherine's University, dubbed by the students "Saint Kate's", is an all girls' Catholic College in St. Paul, MN, complete with a convent! Saint Catherine is the patron saint of many things, including (my favorites): unwed girls, dying people, knife sharpeners, and lawyers.

When we arrived at the school, I broke out in hives and assumed I was having some kind of allergic reaction to something I had eaten earlier that day (I'm not allergic to anything, but who knows). The joke became that I must have developed an allergy to girls! A few days later, I learned that I had been bitten by bed bugs during my sleep at the hotel the night before. Ironically, someone had actually said to me "don't let the bed bugs bite" over Facebook Chat that very night. I had always thought that the whole bed bugs thing was just a saying, but it turns out they are incredibly tenacious little bugs that are a serious problem if you don't protect yourself from them. And it doesn't help to stay in high end hotels, they can and do infest even the best.

One interesting note: In our "balloon animals 101" segment, our recording says, "how about you sir, yes, you sir", which would have been awkward at the all girls school if it weren't for one young lady's fortunate boyfriend in attendance.