Morning and what a morning it is!
There was a little bit of work last night but for the most part I was left alone and got to enjoy my evening. Had the mini burritos from the grocery store and they were really good. Surprisingly they didn’t fill me up like they had in the past.
I find it kind of odd but last year and again this year the grocery store has been selling Christmas cookies they make year round. There is one particular cookie I go for it looks like it’s covered in glitter and it’s so good. They limit those to 3 per box and then toss in an assortment of other cookies, all of which are made with lots of butter. I broke into the box I got last night and had some for desert.
The rash on my neck was bothering me more so than it has in days past. I put some of the new ointment on it but that didn’t stop the burning or itching. It actually seemed to make things worse. I found an old prescription ointment that my late spouse had and put that on. Things calmed down a little bit but were quick to fire back up. I wanted relief since it felt like my neck was on fire. At this point I am just throwing things at it to see what will work. I found some spray for my feet that I remember went on ice cold. I used it and it wasn’t that cool and I smelled like menthol. I broke out a paper towel and soaked it with some cool water, wiped everything off. Then repeated the process but this time instead of using cool water I used rubbing alcohol. Back to good old refrigerated Benadryl gel. Ah, that brought relief. For good measure I took 1 Benadryl capsule as well along with my regular sleeping medicine. I anticipated waking up with the hangover feeling. However, that was way better than the hell I was going through.
I woke up at 3a and as much as I tried to go back to sleep it just didn’t happen. I was up and watched TV. That summoned the cats to my room and between watching them sleep and TV I finally began to feel drowsy after an hour and half. I finally fell back to sleep, but that didn’t last nearly as long as it should. Around 5:30a I was woken again this time to the sound of both cats fighting. I let them duke it out as I laid in bed yelling at them, which really did nothing. Eventually it stopped. Rudy came in bed with me and he was on an adrenaline rush. There is no doubt in my mind he started the fight. I held on to him in bed. He tried a few times to get away from me but that just made me tense up and tighten my grip. I wanted him to cool off and calm down. After 10 minutes I let him go and he reverted to playing with a toy and crowing loudly. There was no getting back to sleep for me and I know I am probably going to crash at some point this morning.
I climbed out of bed at normal time. Rudy didn’t get to do his dance and he was not happy about that. However, no point in trying to wake me up when I was already awake. The morning routine went off without a hitch. Then I looked in the mirror as I was taking my medicine. My neck is back to peeling. I wiped that off with water and a paper towel. I feel a little burning but haven’t put anything on my skin. I am going to try to hold out and not put anything on and see what happens. If things go back to being worse I will likely seek medical care via a virtual visit. This started out as Barber Rash and maybe it is just in a severe form but I really want it to go away it’s been with me for far longer than I want it to be.
Yesterday I had some time on my hands in the afternoon so I queued up the Man Candy for today. That post is scheduled to publish towards the afternoon just in case you came here thirsty.
Things are calm and it’s still very early here. I am feeling the effects of the lack of sleep so I am going to try to go sneak in a nap and hopefully I won’t be bothered for a bit but I won’t hold my breath on that, no sense in turning into a smurf for nothing.
Have a great day!
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