I is for Incredibly Itchy. Ohh, I am so itchy and I just can’t stop myself from digging my nails into the itchyness. I’m trying not to take Benedryl today because it makes me so sleepy/dopey.
The big hubbub of the day is Google Talk. Lots of people here at work have tried it out and no one seems that impressed. It’s about as flashy as any other IM client circa 1999. C’mon, Google, you can do better than this.
My arm isn’t itching too badly but my stomach feels like it’s burning under my tshirt. Better than a flesh eating disease, though! I was glad to cancel the appointment I had today with an Infectious Disease specialist. Too bad I was too stupid to go to a dermatologist last week. I have to go pick up a prescription topical after work; for now I’m relying on Benedryl to get me through. Between that and the fact I haven’t slept much in a week, productivity is not high today.
Last week was most interesting. I truly hope that this week does not follow the same course. I am so itchy and my arm looks positively disgusting but I feel much better, as we finally have an idea of what might be causing it. Thanks to the internet, our latest theory is poison ivy/oak/sumac. This makes more sense than my previous guess: bug bite gone awry, but is disconcerting since that means it’s out there in my yard. I’m going to storm my dermatologist’s office tomorrow morning and hopefully he can get to the bottom of this. So far, I think I’ve done everything wrong. What a painful, itchy mess.
Today was one of those days in which I wish I’d had some formal management training.
However, I’m not going to talk about work when I can talk about much more interesting things. Like …
I’m terribly sunburned and the pain is starting to dissuade into pure itchiness. I’m having trouble deciding which I prefer. We’re doing yearly reviews at work now and there’s one section of the form that asks something like “freely admits mistakes”. Yeah. I freely admit that I’m a crazy idiot for not wearing sunscreen at the beach on Saturday. I was wearing a halter bikini top so I’m uncomfortable pretty much everywhere. Brilliant.
Garden status: prolific. We picked 5 jumbo cukes yesterday and sent them home with Jeremie’s cousins. Today I started dreaming of fatoosh salad around 2p but was convinced that I wouldn’t have any cucumbers for it. When I went out to the garden to check, I found 5 more cucumbers. This little plot of land is crazy. I picked 5 good sized tomatoes and a bunch of plum tomatoes as well. Fatoosh was had by all. I followed the recipe in Joan Nathan’s Foods of Israel, except I left out the pita bread. So I suppose it wasn’t very fatooshy fatoosh, but it was great nonetheless.
I am tired but not particularly in the mood for sleep. It’s opposite day.
I had jury duty this morning and I was one of the last people to get dismissed, but dismissed I am so no need to serve for the next three years. I didn’t feel like going all the way to work so I’m working from home this afternoon and I’m having a wonderful time. I have a tasty little cup of Senseo next to me and Getz/Gilberto
Last night I set up a new version of WordPress for our wedding website. Man, it is awesome. One of these days when I have a lot of time to deal with the fallout, I’ll update the version that I use for orangeparade. I highly recommend checking WordPress 1.5 out.
I don’t think I’ve mentioned the insanity that is my garden. I think I’ve picked about 40 cucumbers so far. It’s a good thing we like to eat cucumbers and so do our neighbors and friends. I even brought a bunch back to Michigan this past weekend. I go out to the garden every other day or so and it seems like there’s always 5-10 new cucumbers to pick. Crazy! The tomatoes are just starting to ripen and the basil and parsley are going like gangbusters. The cilantro isn’t doing quite as well as most of it has been jumped by the cukes. I need to think of good things to do with large amounts of basil other than just make pesto. I already have a lot of pesto. If you have suggestions, please let me know.
The temperature is currently 91 with around 80% humidity. Beep.
On the plus side, it is not necessary to water the lawn or the garden.
On the minus side, walking outside is disgusting. Soccer tonight will be interesting.
Hello, hello. The current time is 3:32a, EDT. My alarm went off 15 minutes ago and I’m rearin’ to go after, basically, no sleep. We’re leaving in about an hour for the airport to catch a 5:50 flight to Nashville, via Cinci. I’ve never been to either of those airports so that’s a bit of excitement for me. Actually, I’m very excited for this trip. We’re going for a friend’s wedding but we have plenty of time for solo sightseeing. This is the first trip we’ve taken in practically forever where we aren’t staying with or going for the express purpose of seeing friends or family. Lots of nice alone time to look forward to here. (Note: not that I don’t love seeing the fam & the friends, this is just a nice change of pace.)
I’d better hit the showers. Got to look pretty for the first time I see biscuits and sweet tea in oh-so-long.
I totally have to enter this contest. Wienermobile, people. Wienermobile! I need to think of something awesome.
Hey, hey.
A very interesting article on engineering management: What To Do When You’re Screwed.
Back from Jodie’s wedding, which was gorgeous in every way, and I can’t remember the last time I was so exhausted. And I was just a bridesmaid. I can only imagine how tired Jodie must be. She and her crew put together a wonderful and interesting weekend. Jeremie and I flew back the afternoon of the 4th so that we could go to the beach and see the fireworks, but we were so zonked by the time we got home and there was no way we were leaving again. Since we got back, I’ve spent pretty much every available moment at home sleeping.
It was really nice being in Detroit for a few days, hanging out at Jeremie’s parents’ house and seeing friends and family. One of my friends just moved from NYC back to Detroit & bought a house and I think that’s pretty awesome.