Except I Forgot to Blog

We had a fantastic Thanksgiving in Montana.  The whole family was able to make it even though Andrew had to skip out on a group project in Canada to be there. Obviously a smart choice on his part. We ate the requisite amount of food on Thursday and over the weekend, which left us all feeling totally sastisfied and a little sick.  We did hike two local mountains to make up for it, and even mama doc made it to the top on the second one. We played a new game, Mexican Train Dominoes, for at least three hours each day. I was glad to win the first time, but made a poorer showing in the following rounds.  I was so happy to be relaxing and enjoying family that I was actually a very good sport when losing.

As you can see, the holiday was remarkable all around. 

Still a Little Itchy

After lying in bed for about 5 minutes last night, I started to have a strange sensation that I might be having an allergic reaction to something. I was right. They came on slowly, but I had hives.  All over my back, arms, neck.  Really itchy.  Even in my ears.

You might think that having a husband who is a doctor is useful in a moment like this. He was only interested in sleeping, though, and I had to make a lot of scratching and whimpering noises just to get his attention.  When I finally woke him with a loud DAVE, he didn't even want to see my hives.  I was shocked.  Then, I had to suggest my own treatment -- Benadryl and a shower.  A flat "fine" was all I got.

When discussing the incident this morning, it seemed that I had really inconvenienced Dave by waking him with something so trivial.  "But my body was on fire!" I exclaimed.  "And you didn't even try to help!"

His reply: "Taking the shower was a bad idea.  It just triggers the body's histamine blah, blah, blah, and makes everything worse."

Huh.  Wish I had known that the night before.  He was right.  The shower really put me over the edge, but I managed to lie there quietly burning up until the Benadryl kicked in because I really wanted to believe that I had handled this medical emergency myself.

Warming Up

I'm going to try not to be all meta-cognitive about the blogging, but let me just say, it's really hard.  I've been working on today's post for at least 20 minutes.  I had a pretty solid entry about a student in my class who is ALWAYS on his laptop, but then I decided not to post it in case my blog is easy to find.  So, that's lame.  And now I have to leave for the day.  There's probably some necessary warming up going on here since it's been a while.  I promise not to blog about the blogging after this. 

 

The Contest

I've been shamed into this contest, and I'm already losing.  The premise is that KC, Lee, and I will each blog every day until 2010.  And comment.  I just learned about that comment part this morning.  I like a good competition, and even though I've already technically lost, I think that I can make up for missing a blog post and comment yesterday with flashiness.  FLASHINESS.  There.

So, stay tuned daily.  This is going to be excellent.  Best blog ever.  (KC assures me it's all in the attitude).