AtomicMrX

Well, I had one of the most fun weeks ever! Okay that is not true. I found out that last Friday October 12th I had a boil. By the time Monday rolled around I had a boil the size of a green grape in my arm pit and I broke out in hives because (stupid me) forgot I was allergic to large doses of Zinc.

So I went to the doctor on Monday and that was oh so fun having a boil under my arm get cut open so they could let the puss and blood ooze out. The doctor told me the numbing shots wouldn’t do much good because when there is that much infection in the area it counteracts the numbing process. She was absolutely right! It hurt like crazy! Then she flushed out the area after getting all the junk out and then packed it with some gauze. A long piece of gauze that looks like a very thick candle wick. Each day I was to pull out 1/2 inch of gauze and clean the area like normal.

I have pictures so if you don’t want to be groused out don’t click on them.

Here is my underarm with the gauze cord sticking out a little bit the day after (Tuesday). I still have hives which you can see in some of the pictures.

Now here it is after pulling out the required 1/2 inch. Not pretty!

Here is my bug bite or boil. I could not tell and the doctor said it was a bug bite. You can see lots of red dots everywhere - those are hives. At several times I was 80% covered in hives and they forms large plates over my body of itchy pain!

And here I am after getting my new camera on Wednesday - still covered in hives and waiting to go to the pharmacy to get something to stop the itch. I haven’t shaved since Saturday so it was driving me crazy too. But if I shaved I would have broke out all over my neck and that would have been worse.

So I haven’t felt like doing much this week except for scratch at myself like a dog with fleas.

The boil under my armpit has completely healed over (the last of the “wick” came out Friday morning). The bug bit on my leg is doing better - I guess. And the boils on my scalp are starting to go away - finally. The sad thing is - there is nothing I could have done to prevent them from happening. I just hope this is my only bout with them.

I will be getting organized and working on a new web site project today for Monarch View Property Owners Association. I’ve already put a lot of preliminary work into it but today it “make it work” day. I’ll be putting a test page up on a secure area of my web space and getting layout details hammered out. I’m excited and looking forward to it. I’m such a geek!

I got my car washed yesterday (for it to downpour today) and as soon as I pulled away from the car wash area my fan in the dash board stopped blowing out of the vents. It’s working, I can hear it blowing away in the dash area… just not coming out of the vents. So I’ll have Honda look at it hopefully Tuesday. It’s time for a oil change anyway and I’m due for my 15,000 mile stuff. Might as well get it all taken care of now. I’m sure the dashboard/fan work will be covered by my warranty so I’m not too worried about cost.

I got my check from the Credit Union Xmas Fund. I’ve also already bought my first Xmas gifts (for co-workers). So I’ve checked them off the list.

It’s getting close to the release of Apple’s OS 10.5! I need to get an external Hard Drive so I can make backups! I have one already in use by my old computer and could pull it over to the new one except it is way too small and would not hold all the content of the new computer. So I might as well get one that will surpass the new computers hard drive space.

Work is going well. Our over time is finally letting up. I took off a half day on Friday just to get some errands done. First stop was Velvet Creme Popcorn. Oh my God is there popcorn good. A co-worker brought some in for a birthday celebration and I could not get enough of it. I bought some Cheese Popcorn (for me) and some Cinnamon Popcorn (for Shannon) plus two popcorn balls. Then I came home and cut my hair (finally) and by the time I was done with that Shannon was home from his running around.

We went to eat at Longhorn Steak House. Everything I ate was fried! UGH! I gained three pounds this past week!

Okay! I’m freaking out with all the thunder and rain coming down! Here I sit at the nice new computer and it could be taken out at any second with a lightning bolt! But I have to get some work done today and they say the rain won’t stop till late afternoon. There goes another lightning bolt! Save, save, save! We have flash flood warnings all over the place now!

I’m looking for a new digital camera. The one I have is very old, chunky, and extremely slow shutter speed. You have to take the picture then stay there in that position for a few seconds longer without moving so you give the camera time to take the image and save it. The one I want is a Fuji FinePix F50 fd in Black! Everyone has the Silver but not the Black. Well, okay, I could get it from the UK or Japan in Black but come on! I’ll keep looking and maybe a show around here will order one for me.