Wednesday, February 20
2 Sides of Kate
Jae and I usually only see 2 sides of Kate...a cheerful, gleeful, affectionate child, or the "only dogs can hear" high pitch screaming, throwing video tapes, crayons, legos, or whatever you can find, don't get on my bad-ass side! angry child. We've tried to check her in to anger management class, but the course requires one to take care of his/her own bathroom needs and won't allow Kate to keep downing all the 2% during coffee breaks.
One Day
I will become self-sufficient and tech savvy again...one day. Sigh...just one of the side effects of being married to a nerd.
Up Late Up Date
Might as well post while I'm up. I stayed up to watch my netflix dvds. They've been sitting around for ages. Ellie wanted me to rent some "princess" dvds so I was forced to watch them so she could watch her movies. What was once for me has now turned into something for Ellie, as usual. More than half the movies on my queue are filled with disney princesses, my little ponies, and strawberry shortcakes. Ahhh...to be a parent.
On the eczema/allergy front, I'm allergic to neomyecin, bacitracin, fermaldehyde, nickel, and cotophony (a form of adhesive or resin/rosin). I received a 24 page handout on the products that are safe for me to use. They're all hard to find and pretty expensive, I suppose. Doctor said he's never seen a person's back react the way mine did. In his words, I have very very very very very sensitive skin. The only question now is, what the heck am I supposed to use if I get a paper cut?
Kate's stopped throwing up, thank God, but she's super cranky from lack of sleep and nourishment. So am I. And I'm going to get back on Schwinn soon.
On the eczema/allergy front, I'm allergic to neomyecin, bacitracin, fermaldehyde, nickel, and cotophony (a form of adhesive or resin/rosin). I received a 24 page handout on the products that are safe for me to use. They're all hard to find and pretty expensive, I suppose. Doctor said he's never seen a person's back react the way mine did. In his words, I have very very very very very sensitive skin. The only question now is, what the heck am I supposed to use if I get a paper cut?
Kate's stopped throwing up, thank God, but she's super cranky from lack of sleep and nourishment. So am I. And I'm going to get back on Schwinn soon.
Thursday, February 14
Can you say, "Formaldehyde"?
Did I even spell it correctly? Anyways, the patches have come off yesterday so after the initial reading, it looks like I'm allergic to "it". Doctor wants me to come back tomorrow for a second reading in case I develop more rashes/bumps. They suspect Nickel might be another culprit. Sigh.
Oh, Happy Valentine's Day, by the way. I received beautiful roses, a pair of slippers, a wonderful scented candle, and a wonderful heart-shaped pizza. Ellie helped make it, of course. I feel like Valentine's Day is like a half birthday. I used to detest this "holiday", but now I don't mind so much.
So I picked up Ellie from school and asked how her Valentine's Day party went. She tells me it's her new favorite kind of party, even better than birthday parties! She's funny and saying much more grown up phrases. She's been busy at school learning how to write the letter "S" this week. She says S's are very tricky to write.
Ellie's an awesome ballerina. Have I mentioned that before? She gets dressed her black tights and leotard and danced to Moonlight Sonata as the "Night Ballerina". It was quite a performance. She allowed me to be the cricket who looks for the night ballerina after sunset. (there was an actual story line). Kate starred as a Pixie Dust just cuz she's so darn cute and tiny.
We had fun today.
Oh, Happy Valentine's Day, by the way. I received beautiful roses, a pair of slippers, a wonderful scented candle, and a wonderful heart-shaped pizza. Ellie helped make it, of course. I feel like Valentine's Day is like a half birthday. I used to detest this "holiday", but now I don't mind so much.
So I picked up Ellie from school and asked how her Valentine's Day party went. She tells me it's her new favorite kind of party, even better than birthday parties! She's funny and saying much more grown up phrases. She's been busy at school learning how to write the letter "S" this week. She says S's are very tricky to write.
Ellie's an awesome ballerina. Have I mentioned that before? She gets dressed her black tights and leotard and danced to Moonlight Sonata as the "Night Ballerina". It was quite a performance. She allowed me to be the cricket who looks for the night ballerina after sunset. (there was an actual story line). Kate starred as a Pixie Dust just cuz she's so darn cute and tiny.
We had fun today.
Tuesday, February 12
Call me Patchy
Prologue:
My skin's been reacting so wierd since around Thanksgiving time. I've been breaking out in rashes mostly on my arms and legs and developed some kind of tiny blisters on my fingers. I scratched my pinky so much, it became infected twice so I've had to take antibiotics. My eyes even became itchy to the point where they became blodshot. After many creams and no relief, I finally decided to go see a dermatologist about my eczema which I've never had until I hit my mid twenties...(must be Jae) tee hee hee.
The little itchy blisters on my fingers turned out to be something called dishydrotic eczema. I've gotten cream for it. All is well. Not much I can do to prevent it besides keeping my hands moisturized. The infections all cleared up. The dermatologist tells me the itchy spots on my eyes and perhaps my arms and legs are some form of allergic reaction (contact dermatitis), another form of eczema. Great. He said nothing to do but avoid touching what was causing it. Only thing, we will never know what the heck my skin is reacting to...so henceforth, I've decided to take a patch test. Basically, the doctor put five patches on my back, each patch containing ten different elements my skin could be reacting to...50 in all folks. The patches were put on yesterday and I'm to wear them til tomorrow and not allowed to scratch it.
It's torture people. My back is so itchy, I can't stand it. All the patches feel itchy. I've been playing video games to distract myself. I think I've gotten ten stars on Super Mario galaxy. I can not wait to get these suckers off. Oh, one other thing, I am not allowed to shower until the patches come off either. E-gads.
I drop off Ellie at school in the morning then heading straight to the dermatologist!
By the way, anyone need a dermatologist, let me know. Nice doctors.
My skin's been reacting so wierd since around Thanksgiving time. I've been breaking out in rashes mostly on my arms and legs and developed some kind of tiny blisters on my fingers. I scratched my pinky so much, it became infected twice so I've had to take antibiotics. My eyes even became itchy to the point where they became blodshot. After many creams and no relief, I finally decided to go see a dermatologist about my eczema which I've never had until I hit my mid twenties...(must be Jae) tee hee hee.
The little itchy blisters on my fingers turned out to be something called dishydrotic eczema. I've gotten cream for it. All is well. Not much I can do to prevent it besides keeping my hands moisturized. The infections all cleared up. The dermatologist tells me the itchy spots on my eyes and perhaps my arms and legs are some form of allergic reaction (contact dermatitis), another form of eczema. Great. He said nothing to do but avoid touching what was causing it. Only thing, we will never know what the heck my skin is reacting to...so henceforth, I've decided to take a patch test. Basically, the doctor put five patches on my back, each patch containing ten different elements my skin could be reacting to...50 in all folks. The patches were put on yesterday and I'm to wear them til tomorrow and not allowed to scratch it.
It's torture people. My back is so itchy, I can't stand it. All the patches feel itchy. I've been playing video games to distract myself. I think I've gotten ten stars on Super Mario galaxy. I can not wait to get these suckers off. Oh, one other thing, I am not allowed to shower until the patches come off either. E-gads.
I drop off Ellie at school in the morning then heading straight to the dermatologist!
By the way, anyone need a dermatologist, let me know. Nice doctors.
Wednesday, February 6
It Begins...
Ellie's into Hannah Montana or whatever the heck her name is this week. She started singing the theme song as she brushed her teeth. It will be odd to see her as a teenager. Just today, I saw a video clip of her, at about 4 months, eating banana/rice cereal for the first time. She grew so fast. Sniff...sniff...
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