Jay is covered with Poison Ivy and possibly some other skin
disorders at the moment. He’s got enough
patches on him (and he went through an entire tube of anti-itch cream
yesterday) that I’ve told him he needs to go to the doctor and get a shot. He is famous for thinking he can get rid of
these rashes on his own and then they get so out of control it takes a several
trips to the doctor and a couple of trips to a dermatologist to get rid of
it. So by trying to save us the $30
co-pay (which I appreciate) we end up spending more in the long run by the time
we buy tube after tube of different medication.
But whatever. He’s the one
itching so I guess I’m not going to worry about it.
Last night, after trying a bleach bath which someone
suggested, he needed to get some Calamine Lotion. It was about 9pm when we decided to head in
to town. We had cleaned the bathrooms
and kitchen, cooked dinner and I had just got back from a walk when we decided to
take a fun family trip to the grocery store.
I didn’t even glance in a mirror because I wasn’t going to leave the
van. I picked up Camryn and wondered if
I should grab shoes for her, but since we were only going to be in the van it would
be ok. I should also mention she was
wearing pajamas. I was wearing work out
pants and a t-shirt from college which would be pushing 20 years old.
Yes, we were an attractive bunch.
Jay and Cade went in to the store and Camryn and I were in
the van. Then she asked her famous
question…”am I wearing underwear or a pull up”
Great, she had to go to the bathroom.
I told her it was underwear and I asked if she needed to go and she said
no. Exactly 2 minutes later she
announced she had to go to the bathroom.
I dug around in the van and found a pair of filp-flops for her so at
least I wasn’t taking a pajama clad no
shoes wearing toddler in to the grocery store.
But she did have a dirty face and crazy hair which really helped out our
image. We made it to the bathroom and
all was well. Then I looked in the
mirror. I had eyeliner and mascara all
underneath my eyes. I then remembered
back to rubbing my eyes while I was walking.
I was a definite mess. As I was
walking out of the store I was trying to take comfort in the fact Camryn’s PJ’s
at least matched. Since she has started
randomly changing her own clothes she rarely has a matching set of PJ’s
on. Last night was an oddity. I was thinking we really couldn’t look much
worse…..
That was until I got to the parking lot and Jay was standing
by the van rubbing himself down with Calamine.
When I saw him he actually had his shirt up and was rubbing it on his
stomach. I looked at him with bug eyes
and said “seriously”. He said “yes,
seriously – this is serious.” I am
thankful that we didn’t run into anyone we knew….or if we did they at least had
the grace to make us think no one we knew saw us last night.
