Siss, Boom, Bah

Well, it's 2006 and I've finally recovered from the weekend...I think.

We shipped the little one off to Grandma's on Saturday and had a party New Years Eve. You know, they say it isn't really a party until somebody breaks something - well, it really was a party. One of my kitchen chairs did not survive and neither did our cordless phone (which served as a projectile and ended up in several pieces).

We had about 10 friends over, feasted on shrimp, lobster and various cheeses and drank far too much. Unfortunately, the ratio of guys-to-girls was off a bit and, by midnight, I ended up being the only female in the house. Between arm wresting matches on my portable dish washer, alcohol fueled hot-blooded disputes that nearly came to blows and the shameful indignity of my poor 8' blow-up snowman who had a "train" performed on him, it was quite a night. I nearly drowned in testosterone. Eee gads.

As a side note, I do have to say that it was quite an eye-opener when the contruction workers started pulling off their shirts and flexing. ...and me without batteries in my camera. damn! *snicker*

Oooh ooh, but I DID get kissed by three different men at midnight. hee hee

The next morning, we fell out of bed around 11am. Our sluggish feelings were not helped by the nasty colds we both have, and we had a terrible time getting "in gear." We watched The 40 Year Old Virgin (quite entertaining, by the way) and, after about 3 cups of coffee and a Red Jak, I went to pick up the D-man.

Throughout New Years day, I started noticing the itching. Gradually getting worse, the palms of my hands itched. By the end of the day it was clearly not a case of mild itching - I'm talking more like looking for a really stiff brush to scratch the shit out of it itching. I washed and washed them, applied lotions and creams and, after a call to my Dr. sister-in-law, tried some Claritin that I had in the medicine cabinet. After about an hour, it was clear that the itching was due to an allergic reaction. Gah!

Several hours later, the itching fired up again and I've been popping Claritin about every 6 to 8 hours since then.

The only "wierd" or unusual thing that I have eaten in the last week or so was the lobster. I shudder at the thought that I may have developed an allergy to shell fish because I LOVE it. I am, however, a little nervous about trying it again, but it's the only way I'll know for sure. No new lotions or soaps or anything could be the culprit. Dang, that's going to suck if that's what it is.

The hands are still a littly itchy today, but it's nothing compared to the previous two days. Just like Dr. SIL said - 48 hours.

I went back to work this morning to a new boss (so far so good), new duties (yes, in addition to the old ones) and my office overrun with a flutter of activity. Oh well, it makes the day go quickly.

So, it was an itchy-scratchy, busy, testosterone soaked start to the new year for me. How was yours?