Cheeeese!

 Hallelujah! We found my cheese at a great price--$4/lb, rather than $4.79/ 8 oz. My 8 oz. block of cheese is now worth $2! That is less half of the price.  

As we were leaving, Tommy was cutting the tags and other store stuff from his fake Crocs. I watched him put one shoe on. Then, he pulled out the other shoe--"Damn!" He said he had gotten two left shoes. That was hard to imagine because they were on a plastic holder with tags. We were going to pack them up. He was getting the old shoes to wear once more when he discovered there were two right shoes. We had a good laugh. So, one less chore. 

We both needed our milk. Mine was still $4.49 for a half-gallon at Publix. I got my yearly Nabisco Grahams Original. I like them dipped in milk or with peanut butter. 

I did not sleep well last night, so I cancelled something planned for this afternoon and took a nap. The mower came and the grass looks great. Tommy's gate to the backyard has been off many years. Someone took it off and never put it back. So, mower put it back on. It turns out that the gate only needed to be lifted onto the hinge part of the fence. I don't understand that, but whatever. It is done. I am fixing things that make this place look shabby. Now, Tommy lets me do what needs to be done. 

Last night, allergies attacked me again. I am worse, aching eardrums, tinnitus, sore neck, not throat. When I went to allergist and had tests when I was 21, he came back with results and said, "It looks like you weren't meant to live in this world!" That is how I feel right now. In spite of that, we have had a good day. The sun shone today and it was dry. 

Dinner will be late tonight--turkey breasts, broccoli, carrots, potatoes roasted in a pan. Then, I will have strawberries, blueberries, and grapes. 

Do you have allergies? 

Drawing Blood

At the dermatologist Tuesday  I complained about a little bump on my chest up near my collar bone. Something bit me there, I think, about four years ago. I kept scratching it and got it all inflamed. He sliced it off. "Sliced" was his word. The nurse gave me a shot to deaden the area. I never even felt the needle go in.

There was lots of red stuff. He took off quite a chunk.

Instructions were to use Vaseline or Polysporin so it would not dry out and cause scarring. I never knew keeping something from drying out would prevent scarring. Did you?

Then, on Wednesday, the allergist took a blood sample to see if I am allergic to soy. I definitely have a reaction to soy.

A nurse came in with the largest bore needle I have seen in a long time. I was alarmed but said nothing. She felt around on the crook of my elbow and finally put the needle at the skin where she chose. Not only did the needle bore alarm me, the size of the barrel thing behind the needle was strange. Then, the needle plunged into my arm at least an inch. The speed alarmed me as it went in.  I really think the thing was cocked.

I was disappointed the barrel did not fill with blood. She was taping up my arm. So, I asked her where she was going to try next. In surprise, she said she had it. I was confused and asked her to show me. THEN, I could see the blood. It was smaller than the thing/barrel that was attached to the needle.

Amazingly, there is absolutely no evidence I had blood drawn. She was good, and I made sure I told her so, effusively!

Is there something that plunges the needle in the skin without the nurse having to push it in?