I went for a run today up Webster pass. I made it to the top without getting rained on even though it was threatening all around me. There were hardly any moterheads up there and it was peaceful and quiet. Nothing against moter heads.
I was running down and I got to treeline and there was this guy on an ATV stopped and looking in the bushes by the stream. I said hello and he said hello and that he was looking for frogs. I told him there weren't any up here but maybe I'm wrong and he'll see one. He had on a Green Bay Packers coat so I asked him where he was from in Wisconsin. He said he lives in MN. NW of Mpls. I told him I grew up NW of Mpls and he said he lives in a little town called Nowthen. He teaches at Champlain High School. I've never heard of Nowthen so I googled it and it's pretty close to where I grew up. I'm going to have to take a little drive when I get home next and see Nowthen.
Small world when you're in the middle of the mountains. We chatted for a bit and he had a very thick MN accent which I thought was great. Nice guy.
I told him to have a great day and continued my run. I'm sure if I would have stayed and chatted longer we would have had some mutual friends.
Now then, haha. Such a MN thing to say. My Mom used to say it all the time.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
No Bugs
Being from MN I grew up with bugs. Lots of mosquitos in the summer, gnats, June bugs, and so many more. I mostly remember those pesky mosquitos and how bad they could get. They get so bad that you can't even enjoy the outdoors. Sitting on the patio or deck was not happening.
Just the other day I was saying to my husband how spoiled we are here because we don't have much of that. Especially this summer with the dryness. Well, I spoke too soon and I got bit by something on my forehead.
I was out doing stuff around the yard and the biting flies were out. I remember swooshing something away from my head and I really didn't feel a bite but in about 1/2 hour my head above my right eye started swelling up. I went in for some water and looked in the mirror and I had this huge goose egg above my eye. In about another 1/2 hour the swelling started moving down to my eye and my eye was swelling up. By the time afternoon came my right side of my upper face looked like I had been beaten. My eye was just a slit and I couldn't see out of it. I took some Benedryl which didn't help. It only made me want to sleep, which I did. My family couldn't believe it and Hannah was worried.
Little Hannah, she's so cute.
Anyway, let me back up a minute.
I had worked the night before and got home at around 10 or so. I poured myself a glass of wine and got into my pajamas and turned on the news. I had fallen asleep pretty much right away on the couch, wine untouched, and woke up at 2 am. I was a bit disoriented and turned the tv off, grabbed my glass of wine and walked to the bathroom to brush my teeth and throw out my wine in the sink. I got to the bathroom and next thing I knew I was laying on the bathroom floor with broken glass everywhere, blood on the floor because I was bleeding from my hand, head and foot. I was so confused and couldn't figure out what had happened. Well, I fainted that's what happened.
Funny thing about that day was that I had to go to the Keystone health fair to get checked out and I checked out extremely healthy. I have very low blood pressure which has always been the case.
I must have just blacked out once I hit the bathroom and never knew what hit me. Jack did the same thing about 6 months ago and we almost called 911.
Once I got myself bandaged up and the bathroom cleaned up I went to bed totally freaked out about my spell.
So, I got out of bed the next morning a bit weirded out by the previous nights fainting spell and I was sore. I went outside to do my yardwork and drink some coffee and that's when I got bit.
So, not only was I sore and bruised and cut, with a good gash on my forehead, I now am all puffy from a bug bite and it's only getting worse. Good thing this was day 1 of my 2 days off.
The night got worse and the swelling kept travelling down my face and when I went to bed early that night I thought I'd wake up all back to normal.
Not!
I woke up the same so I went to the Dr. and she gave me prednazone but it didn't go away quickly.
I have never reacted to a bug bite so badly before and given the fact that I was banged up already didn't make it any better. I was a mess and we sure did get a good chuckle out of it.
Jack had tought me that from now on when I sit up I need to make sure I'm not seeing stars and that I'm fully awake before I stand up.
I'm going to have a scar on my head for life now but it could have been worse.
It was definitely a weird 2 days off.
Just the other day I was saying to my husband how spoiled we are here because we don't have much of that. Especially this summer with the dryness. Well, I spoke too soon and I got bit by something on my forehead.
I was out doing stuff around the yard and the biting flies were out. I remember swooshing something away from my head and I really didn't feel a bite but in about 1/2 hour my head above my right eye started swelling up. I went in for some water and looked in the mirror and I had this huge goose egg above my eye. In about another 1/2 hour the swelling started moving down to my eye and my eye was swelling up. By the time afternoon came my right side of my upper face looked like I had been beaten. My eye was just a slit and I couldn't see out of it. I took some Benedryl which didn't help. It only made me want to sleep, which I did. My family couldn't believe it and Hannah was worried.
Little Hannah, she's so cute.
Anyway, let me back up a minute.
I had worked the night before and got home at around 10 or so. I poured myself a glass of wine and got into my pajamas and turned on the news. I had fallen asleep pretty much right away on the couch, wine untouched, and woke up at 2 am. I was a bit disoriented and turned the tv off, grabbed my glass of wine and walked to the bathroom to brush my teeth and throw out my wine in the sink. I got to the bathroom and next thing I knew I was laying on the bathroom floor with broken glass everywhere, blood on the floor because I was bleeding from my hand, head and foot. I was so confused and couldn't figure out what had happened. Well, I fainted that's what happened.
Funny thing about that day was that I had to go to the Keystone health fair to get checked out and I checked out extremely healthy. I have very low blood pressure which has always been the case.
I must have just blacked out once I hit the bathroom and never knew what hit me. Jack did the same thing about 6 months ago and we almost called 911.
Once I got myself bandaged up and the bathroom cleaned up I went to bed totally freaked out about my spell.
So, I got out of bed the next morning a bit weirded out by the previous nights fainting spell and I was sore. I went outside to do my yardwork and drink some coffee and that's when I got bit.
So, not only was I sore and bruised and cut, with a good gash on my forehead, I now am all puffy from a bug bite and it's only getting worse. Good thing this was day 1 of my 2 days off.
The night got worse and the swelling kept travelling down my face and when I went to bed early that night I thought I'd wake up all back to normal.
Not!
I woke up the same so I went to the Dr. and she gave me prednazone but it didn't go away quickly.
I have never reacted to a bug bite so badly before and given the fact that I was banged up already didn't make it any better. I was a mess and we sure did get a good chuckle out of it.
Jack had tought me that from now on when I sit up I need to make sure I'm not seeing stars and that I'm fully awake before I stand up.
I'm going to have a scar on my head for life now but it could have been worse.
It was definitely a weird 2 days off.
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