My Gym BF told me when I get bored to go for a walk. Although this seems like a horrible idea, he is right. I do have a lot of free time and I am constantly complaining about the summer clothes that are not going to fit me, so I'm trying to take a walk about 500 times a day. In the mornings the birds are chirping, the deer are out wandering around and so am I! Off in the distance of the Knobs you can see the skyline of Louisville, KY clear as day. It is a beautiful view. This morning it was rather foggy, but you can still see the tops of the buildings if you squint and look closely! I also have discovered the beautiful, leafy vines trailing up and down the knobs are pretty too look at, but DO NOT TOUCH. It is poison oak.....
How do I know this you may ask? Well, as luck would have it I was cleaning up around my beautiful White Pine trees in my backyard and discovered trees and vines trying to choke one of them to its death. I could not have that!!! I can't wait to show off my beautiful White Pines to the Christmas Tree Farmer, so I will protect these trees at any cost. Apparently the cost is itching blistering pusses of noxious plant juice! I find Benadryl works for about 10 seconds and then I start doing something and before I know it I am itching while multitasking and realizing, OH NO! You are itching again. STOP. Oh fun times. Just to gross you out and because I had to go look at images on Google to find this and trust me, you don't want to Google this image. WoW. Some people are scary and gross looking. I have it mild compared to what I found on the Internet.
It is a bunch of dots, with several small blisters---they are all pus filled with the nasty oil from the plant. This oil is what causes it to spread. It is now from wrist to shoulder, from ankle to knee and on my face. I'm really trying to stop itching. Really, I am! I believe I will be going to the doctor tomorrow as the ones behind my ear are a mess and I'm sure will be in my hair by tomorrow. For the first time since I moved here I had something EVERY DAY this week. Sigh. No time for this Mama to be sick.
An image of Poison Oak, IVY or something of that noxious family:
Yep. If you are going to do something, do it to the best of your ability! It is UP MY NOSE. OMG. Steroid shot to the bum.
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