The Trilogy from hell
Hubby came home today and through his sniffles said, what did the doctor say. I said, he said I have f***ing poison ivy. DH said, well I knew that, but what did he say. I looked at him and thought, where are you, then I said, the doctor said yep, you have poison ivy. He gave me a shot in each hip, medrol dose pack, and larger dose of itch pill. Oh, my hubby said. Then he said, the cat has fleas and I said, I’m aware of it. I gave her the new flea medicine. After a while, he said, I have a cold. Finally, after more silence, I said, please, don’t give me any more bad news. Then, we went out to eat. He ate off the all you can eat bar, and I drank hot tea and ate crackers. So there you have: I have poison ivy, the cat has fleas, and my hubby has a cold.
I stay inside because of the stinking cicadas singing their love songs and the mosquitoes that think I'm ice cream, and those huge bumble bees that can fly but cannot avoid large objects, me.
The medicine does work. I just cannot believe that I got hit by poison ivy again. I think this is number three. I'm going for the allergy shots. My son did them and while he still gets a little rash, he doesn't get the giant hives and swollen hands and feet. So, after this is over, going for shots.
The medrol helps clear up the ivy and the itch meds stop the itching so it's a matter of time. Hubby's cold could be allergies. He worked outside stacking wood and could have gotten into something out there or on the wood. Truth be known, that may be where my ivy came from.
The kitty is now on a new flea med. We've treated the house, again. The new stuff started killing them immediately.
We are a pretty pathetic, itching, sneezing mess. LOL
Carla, by now you should know that I am who I am and choose to use all the adjectives and adverbs available to me to express myself. Poison Ivy is one of those afflictions that deserves a stronger qualifier than say shoot or man or dang. It deserves the "F" word, if you will. You know that I use these words and I try not to causually use them and try to reserve them for "special" occurrences to avoid damaging those of you with certain vocabulary sensitivities; however, I, like you, am a member of this form and a citizen of the United States where we can and do practice freedom of speech and if you are offended by the "F" word, then perhaps when you see my post, you might consider just not ******g reading them!
