This Thanksgiving was crazy. First, we had a half day of school which meant four periods... but I have both of my prep periods Thursday mornings. This meant that I only had TWO periods with my kiddos!! It was truly a blessing.
Here is why.
It all started Tuesday when I was getting ready for bed, late. I put on my pajamas that were laying on my bed. I took out my contacts and brushed my teeth. I was getting ready to put Chico in his cage like every other day. But I felt something crawling down my leg. It was a tiny ant. I then felt them on other parts of me. I quickly took off my clothes, started screaming for Moe. I looked at our bed and there were ants IN our bed!!!!! Some of them had gotten into my clothing. I literally had Ants in my Pants!!!!!! I was so so so so so frustrated. I stripped the bed and checked for them on the mattress but did not find much. I jumped in the shower because I still felt like they were crawling all over me. Moe cleaned them off the floor and sprayed the hole where they were coming from.
After showering, I realized I had not idea where our other sheets were. (one of the beautiful things about having a housekeeper is they can put things wherever they want and you have no idea!) I checked every place that I knew where to look. I was tired. I was frustrated. I was grumpy. very grumpy. Moe decided he wanted to check the foot of our bed. Let me try to explain this to you: Our bed is made of teak wood and hand carved at the foot with trees and plants and what not. It is beautiful. It looks like there is a drawer in the center and if you pull just right you can open it. Moe thought that maybe the sides were then doors like other bed we have that clearly has drawers and doors and handles to open such things. Our bed had no signs of this. I was certain that he was crazy. After struggling with it for a few minutes he got out the screwdriver for leverage. Shortly after that he opened it and viola! There were our sheets! I could not believe that our housekeeper had found the door, opened it, and put our sheets in there. BUT I was so thankful that Moe did not give up finding the sheets. I on the other hand was ready to sleep on the couch for the night :(
Wow this is getting long. I will speed it up. Tuesday after school I realized I had giant bug bites on my legs. My classroom at school has terrible mosquitoes. (I truly do not know if the bug bites are from the ants or the mosquitoes.) I had/have 10 bug bites from mid calf down on just one leg. By Wednesday they were very irritated. By Wednesday night two of them had formed pus bubbles. Bubbles on my legs that are yellow that are hard, not oozing. (sorry for the description!) I slept terribly. I was in great pain.
Thursday was miserable. Literally. It was painful to walk. It was painful to sit. I wanted to chop off my lower leg! I went to the nurse at school and she recommended that I go to a skin doctor. She gave me directions and what not but I wasn't convinced. Then I showed other teachers to get other opinions. Everyone that I showed said they had never seen it before so I was starting to get worried. Finally as school ended I realized I needed to get them checked out.
Two friends took me to the hospital around the corner from school. Someone called to make sure that the right doctor was there and for how long. When we got there I registered and sat. I got my blood pressure and basic "are you allergic to anything, are you taking anything" questions done in the waiting room. I then moved down the hall to chairs in front of the doctors office. Shortly thereafter he called me in. I sat down, he looked at my bites, asked me about them and said you are allergic. Provided me with cream and an antihistamine. He gave me directions and we left his room. I walked around the corner to the cashier and paid 604 baht, about 20 dollars. I walked ten steps to the next window and picked up my prescriptions. Then we walked out the door. The entire trip - arrival, check in, visitation, payment, drugs - took 45 minutes. It was beautiful.
Later that night we had Thanksgiving at a teacher friend's house. It was potluck style where they provided the turkey and drinks and what not and everyone else brought a side. We had mashed potatoes, broiled potatoes, creamed corn, green bean casserole, stuffing, rolls, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie, apple pie, ice cream and I think that wraps it up. It was delicious. The wonderful thing was there was so much food we got to take some for leftovers!!
Overall it was a memorable day so that is what I tried to focus on. If you are curious.... Here are some pictures of my legs.
You can see how swollen my ankle is :( The white stuff is the cream the doctor gave me.
This is the monster one on the back of my calf. It is the size of my finger.
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