Mystery Rash

Last Sunday we had a store meeting. It was lamer than lame and mostly served to remind me that I'd had much more fun at other store meetings. Namely, at Howell with the Dread Pirate Roberts, Jason, Ruth, Ashley, Ray...there was lots of sniggering...poking, inappropriate comments and laughing.  I'd had better boring store meetings even at New Hudson, in particular the one where Pam used a counting device to discover that the Spurminator said MMMMkay...over 200 times during the meeting...there was lots of snickering and laughter then, too.  All in all, it was a dreadful waste of time and I'm not sure why we even had a meeting. 

My biggest adventure this week has been Mystery Rash.  Stupid, itchy bumps that appear, disappear and reappear and spread...and when scratched with much bliss...(there is actually nothing as pleasant as scratching an itch) become larger and more itchy (of course).   There is rash on my scalp, under my arms, on my sides, my back, in between my fingers, the only actual place where I haven't discovered a rash this week is on the stinky bits.  Even the palms of my hands!

I haven't used any different detergent, soap, lotion, nothing.

I, as far as I know, haven't been exposed to anything containing penicillin (which when I had strep throat was given as the antidote and made me have horrible itchy spreading hives...and so I learned I am allergic to penicillin). But this does act like the penicillin itch.   

The last antibiotic the cat was on was tetracycline, so its not that.  She was on a form of penicillin two months or so ago but I exhibited no symptoms while administering that to her, but I was very careful to not touch it or if I couldn't avoid it due to beastly cat, I was very careful to immediately wash my hand or whatever had gotten exposed.

The only thing I did different was eat hot dogs.  I usually don't eat them, but as we had been given a vast amount of hot dogs and had had a BBQ last weekend, I ate them.  With GOBS of mustard to help hide the flavor.

I suppose I could have a hot dog allergy...or more, realistically, a preservative allergy.

My cousin also suggests I could have somehow come in contact with penicillin mold.  Possible. Weird, but possible. Who knows what I come into contact with on a daily basis at work, really.  I am always dirty, sweaty and in contact with numerous dirty things like lawn mower batteries, tires, feed sacks (including sometimes ones that have mold, though I wouldn't think it would be penicillin mold), lime, and various unidentifiable yucks on the insides of semi trailers.

Mystery Rash sucks.

That is unchallengable.

Mystery Rash is also miserable while sweating heavily and it is hot out.

It is miserable when not sweating. 

GO AWAY, Mystery Rash!