Posted by Prairierose on Dec 07, 2008
There are only a few days left of this year, and then we are looking at a whole new year. A clean slate in some ways. I look back over this year, and how miserable I have been. I won’t say I have tried everything, or experienced a alli weight loss — as a matter of fact, its just the opposite. I pretty much gave up and didn’t try anything this year. And that definately isn’t the answer either. What can I do to lose weight sensibly and safely? To find something that with help me along the way, and yet not mess with my head or my heart? Alot of the pills and such on the market ultimately mess with the heart, and with the heart problems I have, that probably isn’t the smart way to go. But I do know there are other products on the market that don’t mess with the heart, and those products I might ought to give a chance. Just as with the new president and his slogan, I want to make the days ahead ones of change. Its. Time.
Posted by Prairierose on Jul 17, 2008
I have had several different cellphones along the way, but one constant has been — I have to have the “bells & whistles”. I want to be able to have a variety of ringtones to choose from. And not just any ringtone. But rather a truetone ringtone. I like standing out from the crowd when my cell phone rings. Don’t you just hate it when a cell phone rings, and half a dozen people grab for their phone, thinking it is theirs. Not me. You will be hard pressed to find someone else thinking they should answer their phone when the song “Jesus Take The Wheel” starts playing. I love being able to organize my phone to where when “The Entertainer” starts playing, I know its Ethan. And “Eight Days A Week” is David. Before I got my Blackberry, my old phone had a ringtone app, and I was always paying to get the different ringtones. I didn’t pay enough attention to checking out my options. I could have gone to an online company like Ringtonefactory.com had gotten free ringtones from them. But, no, I just continued to shell out my bucks for the apps.
I hope I will learn from that. I have options. Free options. I think I will take the time this weekend to see what all Ringtonefactory.com has to offer, and get up to speed with not spending so much money!
Posted by Prairierose on May 19, 2008
I can’t remember a time in my life when getting the details of my life down on paper wasn’t the forefront thought in my mind. From the time I learned to write, through my turbulant teenage years, and an even more turbulant marriage at a young age, pen and paper was always there.
Going into my 2nd marriage, and a lifestyle that was the total oppposite of the way I had been living just the year prior, it took some mental adjusting, but again, the pen and paper never failed me. What did fail me was finding the time to do the amount of writing I wanted to do. I went from a life of being totally secluded, no friends, no family, no neighbors, only 2 young boys and a husband who was never there, physically or emotionally for me, to a life of church involvement, employment of 8 or more hours a day, raising 4 children, and then a baby … my writing kind of took a back seat. Not entirely, but not as prevalant.
Discovering the computer world and the internet was wonderful. And a blog? What was a blog? as I quickly found out, it was just an electronic version of what I used to do. Only, I could do it much quicker because I can type much faster than I can write by hand. I learned how to blog. I learned html and how to tweak blog layouts, and I finally found contentment with my writing, and my life.
Through blogging, I have been able to discover a creative side of me, that has nothing to do with the written word. I have met some wonderful people — some we have been able to actually meet in real life. Others, are still miles and miles away, but still close to me in heart.
And then. There is that paid blogging thing. I know it took the blogging community and the internet by storm. Lots of controversy. But, to many of us, it was a dream come true. We were able to do the thing we had always loved to do … and advertisers were interested in what we had to say. I do not see doing paid blogging as selling my writer’s soul. I see it as another layer to what I do every day anyway. They say money can’t buy you happiness. And in many respects, they are right. But, blogging, and everything I have included in my blogging life, does … make me happy.
A picture is worth a million words, right? Let me share a few millions words with you about my love for blogging, and specifically, why it makes me happy.
Posted by Prairierose on Jan 14, 2008
The first day in a week, he isn’t running a fever. But, he still doesn’t feel good. When I saw him at noon, he was doing pretty good. But when he came home around 5:00, he went straight to bed. So, he’s still not totally over whatever it is that he has. He has taken his full prescription of Tamaflu, so you would think he’d be doing good. But, he’s not. At least the fever went away. Hopefully, as the week progresses, he will get to feeling better!
Posted by Prairierose on Jan 12, 2008
With the year still being in its first days, I implemented something that I have been wanting to do. I started another blog. I know. I know. But this one is a bit different. I really don’t have to think of anything to say. It is a “Picture A Day” blog. It can be found at “A Moment In Time” . I am going to try and post a picture there each and every day this year. Right now I have some Christmas pictures I want to get posted — that will catch me up to today. And then, probably, from there, it will just be pictures I take here and there each day. I love taking pictures!
And yes. He is STILL sick. He didn’t work today, other than going out and paying the drivers this morning. He came home around 10:00 this morning, sat down on the couch and slept until after 12:00. He did get up and go to the grocery store; and then watched a movie with me this afternoon (a chick flic, no less. Now I KNOW he’s sick). And then slept off and on most of the afternoon. And went to bed before 7:00. But rest is one of the main things he needs to be doing. And I’ve been pushing the water and popsicles. I sure hope he gets better soon!
Posted by Prairierose on Jan 11, 2008
I learned something this week. When you say “flu” — throwing up comes to mind. So, when the doctor said David had the flu, it didn’t make sense to me. He’s not throwing up, he’s not even nauseous. He has a bit of a cold — but he has had lots worse colds in the past. By all appearances, he “looks” fine. Except that he is running a fever, and feels like he’s been run over by a truck. This makes Day 5. I was really starting to get worried about him, until I went to Ask Jeeves, and asked “How long does the flu last”. This is what they said:
The flu usually begins abruptly, with a fever between 102 to 106°F. (An adult typically has a lower fever than a child.) Other common symptoms include a flushed face, body aches, and lack of energy. Some people have dizziness or vomiting. The fever usually lasts for a day or two, but can last 5 days.
David’s doctor said he could expect to feel like this 7 - 10 days. He definately is not himself. He was in bed by 6:00 again tonight. He has never gone to bed that early, let alone 2 days in a row, the whole entire time we have been married (almost 25 years). I’m just praying I don’t get it. He’s a tough guy and its whipping him. So far, though, so good. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Posted by Prairierose on Jan 10, 2008
W ords that I have never heard in the 24 years of marriage, came out of my husband’s mouth this morning. “I’m not going to work”. He has never ever said that. He’s been sick before, but he has always gone, regardless. He’s been running a fever for the last 3 or 4 days. He has some cold symptoms, but not a really bad cold, like he has had in the past. Mostly its just the fever. But its about to whip him. I told him he WAS going to the doctor, and he agreed without a whimper. Not going to work? going to the doctor? the man definately IS sick.
He did go to the doctor, and he has the flu. Which sounds strange to me, but I’m not disagreeing with the doctor. I’ve always connected throwing up with the flu. And he’s not been ill in that respect at all. But, he wrote him to presciptions… some cough syrup with codiene, and Tamaflu. $100 worth of meds. And the cough syrup was only $6.
He did end up going to work. The doctor he sees is in a little town about 15 miles from here. After seeing him, he went on to the office. Our Explorer is still messing up, so at noon, he brought it back to town and took it to our local garage to have them look at it again, and I picked him up from there. We got his medicine and dinner, and went back out to the office. At 4:00, I looked at him and he was sleeping at his desk. I told him we were going home, and he was going to bed. Again, he agreed without a whimper. We came home, he gave me some load #s, and told me which drivers would be calling and what I needed to tell them. And he went to bed. 5:00. This is not a good deal. I have never seen him this sick. Yes, bad bad colds. Throwing up. We have all been through that. But on the surface, he doesn’t really appear to be sick. Except he’s red faced. And hot.
I don’t mean to be selfish here — but I really hope he keeps it to himself. I hope he doesn’t pass it on to me. I won’t be as tough as he has been. And I really don’t want to miss any work at this point. I’m doing good. I’m on top of things, and now working on “damage control” of things I got behind on last quarter. There IS light at the end of the tunnel. I can’t get sick. I don’t wanna get sick right now. Don’t have time.
Posted by Prairierose on Jan 08, 2008
I am so pleased with today. Makes me think that the meds that Dr. B put me on just might actually be kicking in. I puttered along at the church, addressing the cards the board members signed last night (this is kinda like my little ministry. I buy “Thinking of you” cards every month, put the name of everyone on our prayer list on each card, and then the guys, at their monthly board meeting, split the cards up between them, and write a note to who’s ever card they get — letting that person know that they, as a person, and we, as a church are thinking of them, and praying for them. After all the cards are done, they have a moment of prayer for those people. Then the next day, I finish addressing them, and mail them out. So, I worked on that, and worked on the shepherding list that I need to have done before the elder’s meeting (not this next Monday, but the following Monday).
Everything that got accomplished at the trucking company this afternoon, though, is what impresses me. Even David said he was impressed. I pulled all the 2007 stuff and got them put NEATLY into a couple of tote boxes. As I said yesterday, the billing for this week is done. I worked up a deposit, and cash receipted them on the computer. Entered all the bills that have come in the mail. Filed away all the ones we paid the other day. Worked on IFTA stuff. I’m basically down to 2 major projects. The quarterly IFTA report, and the checkbook. And its only Tuesday. If I work my normal 4 hours these next 3 days (12 hours total), I think by this Friday, the IFTA report can me complete done (well, at least my part). And then next week, I can start on updating the paper checkbook. Since everything we do is on the computer (writing checks, etc), we make very very sure that the computer checkbook register is the right total. Because I couldn’t “do everything”, I kinda let the paper checkbook slide. But, what I think I’m going to do, since it is something that seems to still need to be done, is take the reconciled total for January 1, and use that as a beginning number, and then try to keep it up every day from that point on. And THEN, as time allows, go back and catch up the last 6 months. *sigh. I know thats not the right way to do it, but the computer total is right. David has balanced it with the bank every step of the way, so I have faith that that number is right. But, we’ve always kept the 2 checkbooks, so I guess I had better try to get it back up to date (even though I think its repetative….. but its not my company). The good part about it is though, it just feels good to be half way on top of things again. Even the filing!
It hasn’t been a “lightning bolt moment”, where one day, its total darkness for me, and the next day, its daylight. Its been a gradual process, but I really think what Dr. B prescribed a couple weeks ago is kicking in and starting to remove the cobwebs and that gray “I don’t want to do anything” mood is being lifted. I still have issues and concerns with other things, things that aren’t going to go away overnight either. But. One step at a time, and each step forward that I make encourages to take one more step, and then one more and one more. Thats what its all about. It doesn’t take diamond pendants to make me happy. Just a clean filing cabinet, and shiny clean refrigerator — and I can say I did it, and no one helped. That. Makes me very happy.
Posted by Prairierose on Jan 06, 2008
Its been a half way productive weekend, considering that part of it has found us on the go. Yesterday we played “fix it” with our vehicles. David determined that my Explorer not starting Friday wasn’t the battery. He wanted our local garage to look at it, esp. when the “Check Engine” light came on Saturday. So, we took my Explorer there, as well as Ethan’s car, so he could get that tire that keeps going flat fixed. They are right next to Pizza Hut, so we timed it right around lunch time. Left our vehicles in their good hands, and had a nice lunch. They were busy, and took forever. But, because of our circumstances, we didn’t care. When we got done there, our vehicles were also done, so we were able to hop in and go home.
Today was church, and several meetings. I also worked on a few computer projects. I’m glad we have more than one computer in the house. The PC was acting a little strange. Without the laptops as backup, I would have had to resort to a computer rental if our computer decided to crash. I seem to be a person of routine, to some degree, and when you through me off my routine, I don’t do well. I know the things I did today may see frivilous to some people; but to me, they were a sign of things “getting better”. Its not an overnight process, but just the fact that I took on some challenges, did various different entries, etc… that gave me a glimmer of my old self. Yes, granted, there are definately part of the old me I wouldn’t want back. But there are other parts that I really did enjoy that they were a part of me. And I miss that. It was like an old friend visiting today. And that old friend was me.
Posted by Prairierose on Jan 03, 2008
Its been a long day, and I am ready to go to bed, even though Jay Leno isn’t on. We usually stay up and watch him, but I’m thinking tonight, he’s going to have to go on without us. I got the newsletters done and out, so thats a relief. I do have the bulletins to do tomorrow. I usually have them already done and ready to be proofread by Monday or Tuesday. But this week has been one of those weeks. I didn’t work at the church Monday (although, I did go out and work at the trucking company, and did a years worth of filing [grin] — ok, not quite, but there was quite a bit. So, I didn’t work at the church Monday, or Tuesday. Yesterday, I worked up the newsletter, and today, corrected my errors, added a few things, copied it and got it ready to mail. You wouldn’t think 250 newsletters would take that long to get ready to mail. But, we use 11 x 17 paper, and the first fold, I have to do by hand. After that, I insert a prayer request sheet, and then take the stack into my little work room, and run them through a folding machine, that folds it in half. After that, I put labels on all of them, and tape the bottom and one of the sides, as required by the post office.
At any rate, go them done, and in the mail. David came to town, and we headed to Emporia for a meeting. We thought we were going to be late. Before we even left town, he had to take a detour because the hwy traffic was being stopped to let a funeral procession enter the highway from the church that is there. He stopped at the grocery store to get something to eat, and several miles down the road, we caught up to the funeral procession. So, he took a back road, and we got to the interstate that way. But not before incountering a train, that we had to wait for. We finally got to the interstate, made good time, and ended up having 30 minutes to spare. Thats good. I’d rather be early than late…although, typically, I always run late.
After the meeting, we hit Walmart. $200 later …. Actually, $200 later, and then a stop at the courtesy booth to get part of our money back. They had long sleeve shirts on sale … $3.00 each. I think we ended buying 20 or 25 of them. He can use them as work shirts, plus I’m sure Ethan will lay claim to some of them. At $3.00 each, we couldn’t pass them up. However, 3 of them got run up at $11.00 each. So, he had the girl at the courtesy desk check them, to see what happened. As they are doing that, we discover that we got a little over exuburant in our shirt buying … a few of them were legitamately $6.00 each. He didn’t want those. So, she refunded us the money on those shirts, and then also refunded the different between $11.00 and $3.00 on the others. It amounted to over $50 back, so it was worth the time and effort to do what we did.
The main reason we went to Walmart was to get one of David’s prescriptions filled. We decided to check into and take advantage of Walmart’s $4.00 a precription plan. Not all of our prescriptions are in the program, but enough of them are to make it worthwhile doing. And they will ship them to us free of charge, so “running to Emporia” doesn’t have to factor in either. The prescription he had filled tonight normally cost $23-something. He got it for $4.00 One of mine falls in the $4.00 plan, and the other one doesn’t. My doctor just put me on another prescription, and it doesn’t either — but the pharmacist told us of a similar drug to what he prescribed that is in the program. I took the information, called my doctor; and they called back this week, and he said to go ahead and take the month supply that I had already bought, but we could switch to the other brand then, and go with it from then on out. David takes 6 prescriptions, and I take 3, and no insurance. So, any help we can get with our meds, we are going to take advantage of.
And now we are home, and I’m ready to go to bed. But, since I have been on the go since this morning, not even a lunch break … I didn’t want to mess up Blog 365 just the 3rd day in. Now I’m off to bed. Night all!
(3/365)
Posted by Prairierose on Dec 08, 2007
There has been alot going on, things that make you stop and reflect. Amidst all this reflection, I am faced with a decision. If you read this blog regularly, you know that I have a condition called Atrial Fib. My heart is out of rhythm. Its been that way for several years now. After lots of testing, it was determined that I had severe sleep apnea, and that is what has caused it. So, I sleep with a CPAP machine every night, and the Atrial Fib has come and gone. In recent months, its has come, and it has stayed. My cardiologist has wanted to take several courses of action, but several factors have stopped me. No insurance for one. But there are other reasons as well. And, I’ve been told that for the most part, it being out of rhythm isn’t hurting my heart. The main thing that can happen when its out of rhythm is because its not pumping the blood correctly through the heart, the tends to pool in the chambers, and the risk of a clot is present. Taking Coumadin helps deal with that. And for years, I took my Coumadin faithly, went for my weekly or monthly Protime checks. But. Somewhere along the line this year … this mental funk I’m in … I stopped taking my Coumadin. I do continue to take the Toprol, because it keeps the heart from racing, and when I don’t take it, it makes things alot worse than they already are.
I received a postcard saying it was time for my yearly check with my cardiologist. Monday, the 17th. So, I’ve been stressing out. Keep the appointment? or cancel? if I keep it, tell him everything is fine … he used to hearing my heart out of rhythm, and he has “dealt” with me before, so, pretty basically, he tells me what he would like to do, but the choice is mine to do or not do. And so far, I have always chosen “not to do”.
One of the things he wants to do is doing a nuclear stress test. I have a real emtional fear of this test. My mom had one, everything showed she was fine … and two weeks later, she had a heart attack. A couple years later, she went in the hospital for some tests, again, she had a nuclear stress test, and she died the next day. 3 week later, my Atrial Fib was discovered, and I was rushed to the hospital, and spent 6 days in the hospital , with them trying to get it back into rhythm. A very emotional time for me. Same hospital, same doctors, same tests …. at one point they had to move patients around, and they moved me into the room my mom had died it. I lost it. So, when he wanted to do a nuclear stress test on me, I just. could. not. do it.
Fast forward a couple years. He still wants to do the test, I still don’t want to do it. At the last appointment, he wanted to put me in the hospital and give me some special medicine that could possibly make the heart go back in rhythm. He also would like to try shocking it. Here’s the kicker though. Both of these things …. if the odds were good that these things would work, I would probably do them. But. There is a chance either way, they won’t work. Or, they could work, and 2 days later, my heart could go back out of rhythm. With no insurance, I have a real hard time incurring thousands of dollars for something that may not work or if it did work, could quit working within a couple of days. No one knows. So, I made the choice not to have them done.
Once again, I’m face with these same choices, these same decisions. With the death of Ethan’s friend this week, he is emotionally raw, and it has made me realize that maybe I need to step back up to the plate and do some things to improve the quality of my life, not to mention doing things that I know need to be done, with this condition. Like, take my presciptions like I’m supposed to. Go take those blood tests.
Ethan’s reaction, when he learned of the death of his friend was “I have to go call my mom”. He need me. He needed the comfort of my voice. Of my words. He. Needed. His. Mom. That was kinda a wake up call for me. I have sunk low enough in this funk that, even though I’m not contimplating suicide or anything like that, I often think that things would be better if I wasn’t here. Yes, even to my husband and child. I don’t cook very often anymore. The house is a mess. I feel like a failure as a wife and a mom. And yet … when his REACTION was - that he needed me…he didn’t think about it, he just instinctively reached for me, I realized, that maybe, just maybe I am doing something right. And in conversations since then, he has expressed very emotionally, that I need to do whatever it takes to insure the length of my life, because if I die right now, he will not be able to handle it. Well — yes, he would deal with it, and life would go on. But, if I love him, and his dad, then I owe it to them to make some changes here, and make some hard decisions. And, even selfishly, I need to do it for me. I feel like cruddy all the time now. And I’m sure the heart is playing a large part of that.
At the very least, I need to get back on the Coumadin regiment. Financially, that is manageable. The presription itself is around $70 a month. And the blood tests are $40 each. Since I haven’t taken it for awhile now, if it goes like it has in the past, I will have to go for blood tests every few days the first few weeks;and then eventually, it will go to once a week, and once they get the level of Coumadine where it needs to be, then we can level off to once a month.
To me, there have been lots of “God-Whispers” lately that this is the right thing to do. Heart articles that keep popping up. Cheney going into the hospital for his Atrial Fib. Coming across blogs that has a family member that has Atrial Fib. All reminders of how serious this condition really is, and I really need to deal with it better. Ethan needing me, I need to deal with it better. I think I finally get it.
The reprieve? I’ve been thinking, reflection, stressing all week, and now all weekend about just how I wanted my cardiologist appointment to go this Monday ….. and I was putting Ethan’s work schedule in day planner, and I realized, I’m a week off. My apointment is the 17th. Which is next Monday, not this Monday. So, I have another week to figure out just exactly what I’m going to do.
Posted by Prairierose on Nov 23, 2007
After yesterday’s meal, and working on the left overs we brought home today, I am coming to terms with the fact something needs to be done. I’m not sure I want to resort to pills or something like hoodia but, the sad fact of the matter is, something needs to be done. And it needed to be done long before Thanksgiving. I was going to Topkea to a weight loss place, and the plan does work, if you work at it. Just as any plan does. But, I have allowed myself to stray so far away from what the plan intends to do, I’m not sure I’ll find my way back. My friend, Becky, has been doing another plan that I’m really seriously thinking about doing. She is doing well with it, and it involves eating real food. Its all in the portions, and some wise choices, and exercises. I need to read more and see what exactly she is doing. Anything will be better than what I am doing right now!
Posted by Prairierose on Oct 18, 2007
Never give up. Never give up. That is my motto for now. I would like to give up. But I can’t. So, I will forge ahead. My weigh in wasn’t good. It wasn’t bad. But it wasn’t good. After such a good start, these past two weeks have been disappointing. Julie keeps trying to explain body physics to me, and why I’m not losing, and it does all make sense. But it still doesn’t help keep the “I quit” thoughts at bay. But I know what I do when I’m not staying on this plan, and that is definately not a good thing. We talked about that today. I bought a book that I am going to try and journal through. Its a “First Step” book, which is a whole other weight loss program. But, it has some good things to say. The book is called: “Begin Again”. It goes on to say “Pick yourself up, dust yourself off. Let God be your guide. “ It has inspirations and motivation for everyone who struggles with insecurity and failure, particularly when you are trying to reach weigh loss goals. I really thought it was the book for me. Doing this on my own is not working. But I refuse to give up.
Posted by Prairierose on Oct 18, 2007
I know how I would like for today to go, but I just have my doubts. This is newsletter day at the church. If things are ready to go, and I can start copying by 8:30 or so, then there is a good chance I can have them done and ready to mail by noon. MY part was done yesterday and I gave it to my boss to be proofread, but there are a few things that still need to be added. Hopefully, he got them done, and I can get right to it. But thats usually not the way it goes. Its usually 2:00 or so before I leave on a typical newsletter. Which wouldn’t be a problem, except, I need to be in Topeka at 2:30, and its an hours drive from here. I’m going to call and see if there are any cancellations for that later time. If not, I’ll just have to play it by ear, and see how it goes. I HATE being under the gun like this, but I should have thought ahead. But I didn’t want to be under the gun with billing by going to Topeka on Tuesday. Hopefully, it’ll be a good day, and everything will go smoothly. Thats the plan.
Posted by Prairierose on Oct 16, 2007
If you looked at David’s dresser recently, you would think that he might need to seek drug rehabilitation as many medications he is taking now. Between 5 prescriptions, and 4 vitamin supplements, he is to the point where he almost needs one of those pill organizers. How he keeps it straight to what he should be taking when is beyond me. And the kicker is, he still doesn’t feel any better! Well… that’s not totally true. His blood sugar levels seem to be coming down, so thats a good thing. And when he checks his blood pressure, its also showing lower. So, thats a good thing too. But some of the meds are for his back and joint pain, and that doesn’t seem to have gotten any better. He’s been to a medical doctor, a chiropracter — is taking these supplements, had accupuncture done … none of it has helped. I wish we could figure out what was wrong. He isn’t used to hurting like this all the time, and it shows. He not doing as much as he used to — which again, maybe thats not such a bad thing. But, it does hurt to see someone you love hurting, and I wish we could make it go away. One of these days, we’ll hit on something, and it will make sense, and he will be pain free. Thats the plan.
Posted by Prairierose on Oct 10, 2007
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Posted by Prairierose on Oct 08, 2007
I hope David gets everything done and is able to go with me tomorrow. I have an earlier-than-normal weigh in appointment; so I won’t be going out to the trucking company to work. But he did say if he got everything done on his “to-do” list, that he would go with me. Maybe he has some tags or something he needs to get and we can turn this into a business trip. That would work. Ethan for sure can’t go. He will be at a leadership conference, and doesn’t get back to town until around 5:00. But, even if he didn’t have that going on, my appointment is at 3:00, I think (maybe 3:30, I need to look), and I’m not going to pull him out of school just because I don’t want to go by myself. Its no big deal, going by myself. I can do it. Which is a good thing. There was a time I couldn’t. Before I was diagnoised with sleep apnea, I couldn’t even drive 10 miles without nodding off. It wasn’t a good deal. So, needless to say, I am doing alot better.
Posted by Prairierose on Oct 07, 2007
I hope history does not repeat itself. Twice a year, our town has a “clean-up” day. They will come and pick up brush and other things that you would normally take to the landfill, which costs your money. These 2 days (well, actually, its 4 days — they do brush one week, and other stuff the next week in the spring, and then again in the fall) cost you nothing. Every fall, David and Ethan get out there and gather up all the lose twigs and branches and stuff and pile them up next to the street for pick-up. And. Every year, David gets poison ivy. You would think he would learn. Actually, he does. He just knows it has to done, so he does it. Regardless. This year, though, he came straight in, after they were done, and took a shower. Hopefully, that will make a difference. I figure it will do one of two things. It will either wash the poison ivy, and he’ll be fine. OR. It will have covered his own body with the poison, and he will break out, head to toe. He gets it pretty bad, and pretty all over anyway, so I’m really really really hoping he made the right move this year, and the shower washed it all off. Only time will tell.
