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i am covered in poison ivy. all over my torso. ALL OVER my torso. itchy
blisters. increasing intensity. appeared on monday, they are still
getting worse 4 days later.
spent a half hour pulling weeds last weekend and will now spend the next 2 weeks in pure unadulterated urushiol hell.
the
first time in my life i got poison ivy was last year after doing yard
work. i've hiked and camped all over in and out of the woods for 36
years in shorts and short sleeves and never got poison ivy a single
time. as soon as yard work entered the picture last year i've been
plagued to some degree.
i am politely recusing myself from doing any yardwork for the rest of my life.
i
will plant food in the garden, and tend to the plants, but i am never
pulling weeds again. chopping down unspecified jungle growth is not
happening again. absolutely is not worth it.
i love doing yard
work. i love making the yard look nice. i love watching the progress. i
love how immediate the gratification is.
i cannot live 6 months of every year in itchy pain.
i
have a friend tyler in california who told me a few years ago he could
not move to asheville because of the poison ivy. at the time i thought
he was kind of nutty. now i understand. all this beautiful bountiful
natural wonder with hidden shiny red blistering biting side effects.
kevin is calling me 'bubble boy' and i feel like a whining, complaining wuss, but god DAMN this shit is terrible.
any poison ivy cures, natural or unnatural, lay em on me. i would
much rather the rash hurt than itch. i can handle pain, it's the
itchiness that is waking me up at night and generally driving me batty. 2+ weeks is a long harsh payment for 30 minutes of yard work.
we are still working on the trick where he turns this water into wine
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| spinart by kevin |
for some fun arts &crafts, take a paper towel, pens and magic markers, and a lazy susan. add water and spin!
i was cleaning my only pair of glasses yesterday and they snapped in half.
no combination of pipe cleaners, twist ties, scotch tape, and/or medical tape could get them back together again.
i called the eye doctor where i had been only one time in september of 2010 for these glasses, and they had no open appointments all week, but were so kind as to come in and open the store 15 minutes early for me this morning. how nice is that!?
they did the whole eye exam at 815AM, everything is fine, and i picked out new glasses, and also prescription sunglasses for the first time. they put a rush on the glasses which should be ready tomorrow.
until then, everything's slightly hazy, computing is giving me a headache, and i can't see the wrinkles on faces.
i recommend envision eyecare on charlotte street. flexible friendly people, great choice of frames!
very watchful
happy 9th birthday to everybody's favorite choco-mutt, eli!
even though he is a mutt, we let him come inside when it is raining. or snowing.
just kidding! the birthday otterhound is snuggled on the couch pillows right now. snoozing while he waits for a walk in the woods and some meat.
for those following along at home with the pouncey calendar - it's time to flip to april!
you may notice this picture, of pouncey 7 weeks old in front of a crumbling building.
that building is the old VA hospital.
it has been closed since the 60's, though they used it in the 80s-90s as a halloween haunted house.
i've been told that it is still standing because it's full of asbestos and the cost to properly demolish is prohibitive.
more information and photos: abandoned places livejournal
the new VA hospital is functioning across the street.
getting ready for the full moon tomorrow night.
yes, wolves like to sit on couches.
haven't tried it but i like the recommendation. i like the backwards N. i like the phone booth.
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