Saturday, April 18, 2009

On: Newest Fashion Accessory

This has been the best allergy season I've ever experienced. I don't mean to salt the wounds of those of you who are assaulted by your local pollens, but this is the first Spring that hasn't sent me into fits of sneezing! Yes! Thank you allergy shots!

However, the one thing my allergy shots are powerless against are... bees. Virginia has exploded with flowers in the last few weeks, and where there are flowers, there are bees. I'm pretty sure this premise was the inspiration for Field of Dreams : if you blossom, they will come.

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Look at them... so smug.

We can't forget the return of the Cicada Killer Wasps at Georgetown either:


Since I have never been stung, Jon and I decided that asking my doctor about an Epi Pen would be a good decision. During my last visit, he agreed that having one on hand would be a good idea anyway, because of the peanut allergy.

So after a "quick" trip to the pharmacy (I know few trips to the pharmacy that are quick--the poor pharmacy techs deserve some kind of medal, or hazard pay for some of the surly customers they have to help), I am now the owner of an Epi pen. Huzzah.

3 comments:

Jon Pagan said...

I would NEVER want anything bad to happen to Jenn... especially an anaphylactic reaction! That being said, if you need it, I am really looking forward to getting to use that epi pen. I will yell "stat" and then "swing my arm and jab" you, haha (That last quote is from the instructions on how to use an Epi Pen.)

I love you, and in all seriousness I am glad that we now have one of the epi pens around in case something did ever happen. Thanks for getting that!

Dave said...

Glad to hear the allergy shots are doing their job. Looking forward to the day when we can give them the dreaded "Milky/Norman" test.

Love the Epi-Pen. It's such a fashion statement :-)

Jenae C. said...

As a Pharmacy Technician, I must say thank you for your kind words! Yes, we deal with MANY surly customers that I would absolutely LOVE to punch in the face, but instead must resist and force a smile and say with a smile on my face "thank you, have a great day"