OUCH!!!!

So there I was, sitting on the deck of my cousin's mountain house, enjoying lunch outside one day of my much-needed week-long vacation. I was eating a turkey and cheese sandwich, very tasty, relaxing and enjoying the beautiful weather. I took another bite of my sandwich, and immediately noticed a very strange sensation in my mouth. Something was definitely wrong - so I spit out the bite onto my plate and saw - a yellow jacket! My tongue was stinging and burning, and I knew that I had been stung. On my TONGUE!!!!! I pulled an ice cube out of my glass of tea and held it on my tongue for a minute to try and numb it, but it didn't help much. Going into the house, I tried to look at my tongue in the mirror and could see just a tiny red spot - not nearly as big as it felt, trust me. My friend K who was with me asked if I'd ever had any strong reaction to bee stings, and was watching me closely. We debated jumping into the car and heading towards the hospital ER, about 20 minutes away, but it sure seemed like a silly thing to do for a bee sting. However, I'd never had one in such a sensitive place so I didn't know what to expect. We decided to wait it out and, while it was painful for the rest of the day and the next, it never caused any more problem. But OUCH!!!