December 26, 2007
The day after
I was proud of my holiday table. A basket of cuttings from my rosemary bush simulated fir and surrounded some candles. Bundles of cinnamon sticks and a couple of cheery votive candles framed the basket. My oversized Christmas snowglobe completed the arrangement. I thought it lookied rather festive on the red tablecloth, and I used rectangles of the red and green plaid wrapping paper you can see in the background for no-fuss placemats. Too Martha Stewart? Well, I liked it anyway.
I noticed shortly after I finished arranging it that my left eye was itchy. By time we sat down to eat I could tell it was getting puffy. This has happened with increasing frequency over the last few years and I’ve learned to pretty much ignore it, or take benedryl if it gets out of hand. The puffiness increased greatly overnight. I knew the moment I awoke this morning what I would see in the mirror. It feels like a bag of water had been inserted under the skin of my lid, weighing it down. Still itches like the devil, of course. I don’t know if rosemary now needs to added to my list of allergies or if I got bitten by one of the mosquitos that swarmed out of the bush when I was getting my cuttings. I hope it was a mosquito. I could live without them, but I’d rather not give up my rosemary.
I’ve taken the benedryl I should have taken last night before bedtime. It will kick in in a little while. I’ll spend the rest of the day listless and groggy, with a long nap being inevitable. My list of chores for today won’t be reduced by much. I wanted to put away some of the holiday clutter, do some laundry and give the kitchen a post-cooking-frenzy scrub. I need to clean the gecko poop off of the car and should really shop for car covers so the geckos can play without causing me so much work. I thought I’d get all of that done and still have time to watch one of the movie DVDs that my Santa/friends brought. Ah, well - maybe tomorrow!
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Posted by skeet @ 12:42 pm • Photos, Health & wellbeing
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December 26th, 2007 at 6:06 pm, emsxiety Says:
Gecko poop, swollen eyes and center pieces, now your blog truly has EVERYTHING!
In all seriousness, hope the swelling has gone down and you’re feeling better.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:08 pm, skeet Says:
My eye has returned to it’s “normal” baginess, Em! Mahalo for your concern.