Hi Babe,
Last week when I was digging up chaney root, I evidently ran into some poison ivy or similar plant, now my arms are covered with rashes, and I have secondary rashes all over my throat as well. What a mess! And they all itch like crazy! Naturally I’m resisting the urge to scratch, but the last few days have been a constant effort to wash with coal tar soap, pat it all down with alcohol hand sanitizer, and cover it all with Gold Bond powder, which seems to work for a while, at least. I’ve even resorted to taking some allergy pills, but they tend to knock me out so I’ve cut back on those, taking two before bed, and sometimes one in the morning. There doesn’t seem to be too much I can do to hasten my recovery, I’m stuck for a week or two. Weird, because I usually don’t have a reaction to that kind of thing, so I don’t tend to look for it, but obviously I got into a whole mess of it somewhere. When I got back last night, Flash’s feed bag was on my lounge chair outside, the strap had been ripped all the way off one side and most the of way on the other side. I have no idea how that happened, I can only think that whoever fed him last night forgot to take the feed bag off and he wrestled with it for awhile until it was ripped off. I don’t know if it was James or Jeff, no one’s said anything to me, but it’s beyond repair, so I had to order another one, an unexpected cost to taking a day off and leaving the task to someone else. Oh, well, that’s the way things go. I ordered another one, but it won’t be here until Tuesday, so I can’t leave before that comes now. Anyway, I did make a run to the feed store for hay, then spent most of the day reading and putting a few things away, then Jeff’s boarder came to ride Flash for a bit, she’s been looking at Paso Finos and I offered to let her test drive Flash to compare it with some of the others she’s been riding. Of course, that delayed feeding again, and it was nearly mosquito hour by the time that was done. I certainly don’t need any more itchy spots on me! Settled in after that, now I’m heading to the shower for another round with my coal tar soap, then off the bed! Good night, darlin’! Love you!
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