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I’m sensitive

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I’ve been sensitive my whole life but things are changing.

Emotionally I can brush off a lot more than I could a few years ago.

Physically I’m getting worse.

I’m sensitive to cocoa butter…applied topically as well as ingested.  I love chocolate and know how much I can eat before it bothers me.  I don’t knowingly apply cocoa butter to my skin at all.

I’m sensitive to dish detergent so I have to wear rubber gloves.  Not necessarily a bad thing.  I will wash dishes without them if I’m at someone else’s house.

A few years ago I discovered I’m sensitive to sodium lauryl sulfate in toothpaste so I have to be careful what kind I use.

Now it’s the adhesive on bandages.  Last summer I had some of those sticky heart monitor patches on my torso and one started melting into my skin.  Literally ate my skin.  It took months to heal.  Last week I has a blood test and the lab assistant put a Band Aid over the site.  When I took it off, my skin was red and blistered.

Tuesday afternoon I had a visit to the doctor that required a couple of Band Aids and sure enough when they were removed, my skin was red, blistered and burning.  But I had to replace the bandage to protect my clothing.  I found some gauze and paper tape to use and am hoping I don’t have any more red, blistered, burning skin.

Mr. Aitch called a repair man about our heat pump/air conditioner.  He was out so maybe he’ll call today to schedule a service visit.  Mother Nature cooled things off last night and we were comfortable with the lower humidity, lower temperatures, and a refreshing breeze.  Should be a much more pleasant day today.

Cha-ching

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When our house was built, we had two heat pumps/air conditioners installed.  One for the first floor and one for the second floor.  When it’s hot in the summer, we can turn on the second floor air conditioner so it is nice and cool at night.  In the winter the heat pump keeps the first floor warm and since heat rises, the second floor heat pump doesn’t have to work as hard.  We are comfortable all year long.

We’ve had 90+ degree days the past three days with humidity levels to match and it looks like we’re in for another hot one today.  Last night Mr. Aitch noticed it wasn’t as cool in the house, particularly the first floor even though both air conditioners were on.  Seems like we have a problem.  And it’s not going to be cheap.

First day back

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A former boss of mine used to say that he needed another day to rest because it was always hard to get back into the swing of things on the first day back after a long weekend or vacation.  It was a running joke with my co-workers.

I could have used an extra hour or two of sleep this morning.  The holiday weekend was great fun but oh, so tiring.

It’s supposed to get into the mid 90’s today so I doubt I’ll go for my lunchtime walk.  It would be great if I could get it in before 10:00 AM.  We’ll see if that works out.

Wet, dripping wet

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When Mr. Aitch left the house around 1:30 yesterday afternoon, it didn’t look like rain.  It didn’t look like rain at 3:30 either.  But by 3:35 a HUGE thunderstorm cell had formed just to the southwest of us and was headed our way.  The skies opened up just as I got to my car to leave work around 4:00.

I stopped at the market on my way home to pick up some things for our weekend festivities.  It was pouring down rain when I went into the store but was not raining when I came out and had to put the groceries in the car.  I could still hear the rumbling thunder all around me.

The rain started back up again on my way home.  A hard rain.  The kind of rain where the windshield wipers don’t look like they’re doing anything.  The kind of rain that is deafening.

I’m so glad we have a garage and a garage door opener and don’t have to deal with the rain while unloading the car once I get home.

The first thing I noticed when I got into the house was that the kitchen windows were open.  Our kitchen sink is in the corner and the counter had a huge puddle of water on it.  The plants I have sitting there got watered.

The back of the leather sofa had water droplets on it but the side table was dry.  Both were next to open windows.

I ventured upstairs and felt the curtains, foldout beds and rug in one of the bedrooms.  I had a pile of fabric on one of the foldout beds.  Everything was dripping wet.

Mr. Aitch called me and mentioned that he didn’t think to close the windows when he left as it didn’t look like rain.

I was not happy.

I realize it could have been worse, much worse.

We’re expecting the same weather today.  I’ll be sure to remind Mr. Aitch to close the windows before he leaves the house.