It's been pretty hectic
It was only a three day week but it felt uber long and a lot happened. Well, seemed like a lot happened, just hectic.
Wed:I suffered an allergic reaction to my allergy shot. It didn't scare me until it was over. I waited the required 15-20 minutes and was about to leave but thought I'd finish the last 5 minutes and read the last few sentences in the article. Good thing I did. My ears and throat started itching, not a regular itch, something fierce. I told the nurses who rushed me to a room and started me with Zyrtec. A cough came on then the hives. ICK! They shot me eppy and then a steroid. Everything slowly started to pass and finally, despite the shakes from the meds, I felt pretty good. Relief.
Thurs:I had to meet with my allergist who said if this happened again I would have to stop. UGH! I NEED MY SHOTS! Without them I succumb to the molds in this town and wind up looking awful, feeling awful and alternate between a headachey day and a swollen eye day. Not pretty. Yes, vanity plays a big part but frankly, without allergy shot I feel like shit. So now I have to carry an eppy with me at all times along with Benadryl and must present both to receive a shot.
Fri:I'm going to Los Mochis, Mexico this March to visit my Abuelita! I have not been there since 1989. I have not seen her since 1999 or 2000. I miss her so much. To visit Los Mochis takes a lot of time and quite a bit of money. This is no $400 round trip cheap vacation down South. This place is not a tourist spot, not even post Nafta, and to get there by air cost $1100 per Expedia and $982 per Travelocity and that's putting my mom down as a Senior, something she won't like and I'm not sure she qualifies for because she isn't yet 65. But it is a birthday gift to me and my Abuelita. After you spend that much you don't want to come back in 3-5 days. This will be a week, best we can both do. We are going for her 90th birthday. The party will be the day we return and her day is the 18th but at least we see her a week pre-relatives coming in and get more time with her. There is so much I want to do and talk about with her and this time I have a digital camera and things like the internet. Sadly even Sam's, Wal Mart and Cosco are there too. On the other hand perhaps those post Nafta nightmares will keep me from becoming ill. I always got ill when I went down. I'll miss not seeing my Abuelito, the garden or the produce man with his donkey.
Other Minutiae: We have a new system at work that has been tres slow to get going and now that it's up...UGH! today was my only fast day.
I am reading a lot about the French and made a French soup from one of the French books written by a French author. It was delicious:
It called for hard boiled eggs and parsley as a topper. I made this dish as well, chicken, scallions and artichokes.
Wed:I suffered an allergic reaction to my allergy shot. It didn't scare me until it was over. I waited the required 15-20 minutes and was about to leave but thought I'd finish the last 5 minutes and read the last few sentences in the article. Good thing I did. My ears and throat started itching, not a regular itch, something fierce. I told the nurses who rushed me to a room and started me with Zyrtec. A cough came on then the hives. ICK! They shot me eppy and then a steroid. Everything slowly started to pass and finally, despite the shakes from the meds, I felt pretty good. Relief.
Thurs:I had to meet with my allergist who said if this happened again I would have to stop. UGH! I NEED MY SHOTS! Without them I succumb to the molds in this town and wind up looking awful, feeling awful and alternate between a headachey day and a swollen eye day. Not pretty. Yes, vanity plays a big part but frankly, without allergy shot I feel like shit. So now I have to carry an eppy with me at all times along with Benadryl and must present both to receive a shot.
Fri:I'm going to Los Mochis, Mexico this March to visit my Abuelita! I have not been there since 1989. I have not seen her since 1999 or 2000. I miss her so much. To visit Los Mochis takes a lot of time and quite a bit of money. This is no $400 round trip cheap vacation down South. This place is not a tourist spot, not even post Nafta, and to get there by air cost $1100 per Expedia and $982 per Travelocity and that's putting my mom down as a Senior, something she won't like and I'm not sure she qualifies for because she isn't yet 65. But it is a birthday gift to me and my Abuelita. After you spend that much you don't want to come back in 3-5 days. This will be a week, best we can both do. We are going for her 90th birthday. The party will be the day we return and her day is the 18th but at least we see her a week pre-relatives coming in and get more time with her. There is so much I want to do and talk about with her and this time I have a digital camera and things like the internet. Sadly even Sam's, Wal Mart and Cosco are there too. On the other hand perhaps those post Nafta nightmares will keep me from becoming ill. I always got ill when I went down. I'll miss not seeing my Abuelito, the garden or the produce man with his donkey.
Other Minutiae: We have a new system at work that has been tres slow to get going and now that it's up...UGH! today was my only fast day.
I am reading a lot about the French and made a French soup from one of the French books written by a French author. It was delicious:
It called for hard boiled eggs and parsley as a topper. I made this dish as well, chicken, scallions and artichokes.
My cat, Mona, is giving me grief for feeding and tending to the whims of a strange stray that has shown up. I just don't want him to cross the street so I go outside, and true, I am at his beckon call with food and fresh water. He is too skittish and doubt he'll ever let me pet him but, I don't to step out my door and see a tragic lump of fur.
Tomorrow: King cake, egg nog and did someone say Haggis with neeps and tatties?
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posted by Tera at
1/05/2007
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