It's been a crazy few days. After a stretch of 10 days of work (there was one day off in the middle somewhere) I finally had a few days off in a row...lovely. Of course, that meant lots of errands and a haircut, UFC on Saturday night at Boston Pizza...Willie Stout's is no longer showing the fights...:-( Crazy, Stupid, love on Sunday evening. Ryan Gosling...YUM does not adequately do him justice. The movie was very good. I raced home after. Even though I had to get up very early to meet Mad, Cat, and Mark's mom to take her to her eye surgery at St Michael's Hospital downtown by 6:15am, I couldn't not watch True blood. So I washed up, curled up in bed, watched the show and went to sleep around midnight. At 4:45 I woke up, got ready and met her at 5:35am. We got a great parking space on Bond st. (The street had exactly 1 parking space available at that time.) Her surgery went very well and by noon we were on our way back home. I stayed at their place until about 4pm. Then I went home to shower, wrap my two gifts and go back downtown to meet up with "the gang" for a joint birthday dinner at Terroni's on Adelaide. (Coincidentally it's 2 blocks from St. Michael's hospital)
Dinner was fantastic, delicious. Steve was back in town for a few days. Just enough time to celebrate his birthday and Greg's birthday is in a few days, but we decided to celebrate them together. After dinner, as we were outside chatting and saying our goodbyes, I could feel myself getting bitten by a mosquito...on the face! Left cheek just under my eye. In fact I was bitten there twice! By the time I got home, I washed up and could feel the heat on my face and the whole area was puffy...UGHHHHH! I applied a little Benadryl ointment and went to bed. I could feel it swelling and went to the kitchen for something cold to lessen the swelling. All I could find were some frozen cheese/potato perogies. I popped two in a double sandwich bag with a paper towel and wedged it between my pillow and my face. I woke up at 6:03am. Yikes, I was supposed to be at my aunt's at 6:15 to go to her post op appointment across the street from St Michael's. I washed my face and brushed my teeth, put on the first thing at hand and raced out. We had to go the scenic route because of the traffic at 6:30 in the morning (brutal) but we made it there by 7:03am. A couple of minutes before the doctor arrived. Everything went very well. The surgery was very smooth and she was doing very well. We got back home and I waited until Meredith arrived. Then I went to home to take an hour nap before I had to go to work on Tuesday.
After 9 hours of sleep last night I still feel tired. I have one more day before I can really sleep in on Friday. Can't wait.
As for the two mosquito bites on my cheek, when I woke up the next day I saw nothing and felt nothing. No swelling, no firmness, no desire to itch. Wow. Today I feel a little bump on one, the kind you feel days after when it's almost gone. I'll have to remember that for next time. Benadryl ointment and frozen cheese/potato perogies. It worked like a miracle!
