WHAT?! SERIOUSLY?!
i was pretty certain a cat got me in my sleep when i woke up itching like mad on my arm. after a few rounds of good scratches i started to second guess what was going on. this got me thinking about the teeny spot above my wrist that's been itching for a couple days (also thought it was a kitteh wound) and it hit me. i have poison ivy. again. i have no idea where or when i got it! i've always been able to retrace my steps to determine when i encountered it, but this time i have no idea! i'm incredibly allergic and i've done a fabulous job of spreading it all over my arm.
of course, my entire body itches today and i'm completely paranoid that every little spot i find on my face, leg or other arm is another instance of it spreading. ugh!
aw, but it's not so bad because i'm going to mexico and i have plans to make!
77/365
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jennifer glass 52 months ago | reply
Ugh. I so hate poison ivy. I have bad, bad memories from childhood.
cauchy09 52 months ago | reply
yikes! i hope it clears up quickly.
purlgirl918 52 months ago | reply
Oh Gah! Itchiness is the suck. Sorry....load up on the calamine lotion, STAT!
brittany.laine 52 months ago | reply
oh man. I've never had poison ivy, and from this picture, i really hope i don't ever get it!!
obsessiondujour 52 months ago | reply
gack! i hate that stuff. HATE IT. got some of the oils inside (i know, f'd up, right?) a pair of gardening gloves once, but didn't realize it, and kept reinfecting myself over and over again one summer. pissed me off SO MUCH that when i figured it out, i literally burned them rather than just throwing them out like any sane person would. bastid ivy.
WoodlandSprite 52 months ago | reply
oh. I'm have such a bad reaction to poison ivy!
FlimmerGlimmer 52 months ago | reply
Bah, itching is hell! Hope it will leave you alone soon!
LipglossJunkie 52 months ago | reply
Ha - from the thumbnail it looks like you're trying to cast a spell on your elbow or something. I thought...WTF is it Harry Potter day on FGR? Hee.
S. J. Pajonas (spajonas) 52 months ago | reply
ack! oh no! :( if i wake up with weird itchy spots i immediately think bed bugs. but that's the problem with living in NYC.
novamade 52 months ago | reply
Sorry about the itchies, but, um, Mexico? Yay!
knittinging 52 months ago | reply
Oh jeez! Getting poison ivy was always one of my biggest fears as a kid (that and getting lice). It's a damn good thing there's no poison ivy in South West Nova Scotia.
meg's my name 52 months ago | reply
lauren*o 52 months ago | reply
omg thank GOD for that Mexico trip to console you! I would lose my freaking mind with poison ivy/oak.
(afm) 52 months ago | reply
Ouch!!! I hate hate hate hate hate being itchy. I cannot NOT scratch.
berthacrowley 52 months ago | reply
Eeek! That sounds awful! I've never had poison ivy and I hope that remains the case! Yuck!
mintyfreshflavor 52 months ago | reply
oh honey! that sucks.
when i was a kid one of my favorite songs was Poison Ivy by the Coasters (I had a *horrible* case of Poison Ivy and my dad bought me the 45).
"you're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion . . ."
Missing Knits 52 months ago | reply
bookgrl 52 months ago | reply
Oh no! I've never had it but I feel so bad for you!
S-t-e-v-e-n 52 months ago | reply
Don't scratch! Seriously though, sorry you're having to put up with this. Like the song says, "It's gonna take an ocean of Calomine lotion!"
S-t-e-v-e-n 52 months ago | reply
Crap! Didn't read that someone had already posted about that song!