Note to self: stop lifting tons of stuff by yourself! That’s all I did yesterday, plus my heavy purse drags down on the left side. Still when you wake up at 7 with an aching left breast, it’s scary. I got myself in a stew, stirred up my congestion and tummy and got up. Within a few hours and a few applications of Icy Hot (miracle stuff), it eased up. Whew.
Then I was sitting on the sofa enjoying my second mug of tea and I felt something on my right shoulder. I thought it was a scab or sticker so I pulled on it and it was a tick! Not a deer tick, but a bit larger, I just hate ticks since I had Lyme Disease. The kicker was I was only outside for about 5 minutes or so total yesterday which included me filling up the birdfeeder under the evergreen-bingo! Drats!! I’ll keep a watch of it and see if I develop any symptoms, but it’s the little deer ticks that are worse in most of the cases. I used alcohol on it, then peroxide and then antibiotic cream. It hurt! I have the little bum in a jar,but will probably put it on a piece of tape.

Just to touch base. Wish me luck!

Update-After looking at photos on the web, I’m pretty sure it’s a deer tick that was a nipping at me. I was thinking that it had to get on me when I first got up today, because the area where it was attaching on my shoulder is where I lay all the time. It hurts and I’m going to watch it. I got to lay down for about 15 minutes and I heard the phone. It was Sean. I did call him earlier and say to wait until after 2. It was a few minutes after that and I didn’t talk to him, though was wondering who it was and the machine was beeping. After I got up, did some power picking up of my stuff outside, not finished, as I wanted to watch that sore spot. I’m planning on another Everyday Food magazine recipe- soy sauce glazed chicken legs and warm potato salad. I’m hoping to feel a bunch better tomorrow so I can get down to my brother’s house and see his kids for Halloween. Mom is out at my uncle’s as she had to buy him some food and take him for bloodwork.

Weird event of last night-my father-in-law called after 10 and said someone had driven over the curve, missed his big maple tree and hit his magnolia a bit-in his front yard! So close to the house. Now he’s lived there for 50+ years and never had anything like that happen before. There are some tire tracks in his yard, but that’s it I guess. We heard that something like that happened here to the previous owner. That’s why part of our hedge is missing directly next to our front door! I guess that’s also why the previous owners planted the evergreen across from the front door. They didn’t know it would get massive and cause needles to be dragged into the house all the time. ; )