I had the most awesome weekend ever! One highlight (of many) was during the limo party Sat. night. (This involved renting a limo, getting dressed up, then driving around DC drinking, listening to music, and stopping to take pictures at monuments, and also McDonalds). We pull up to the capital in our Hummer limo (we didn't want a Hummer, but there was a screw up so we just embraced the tacky). The tea party people had been protesting earlier, some of them were still around, and all their signs were in the trash can. So we took their signs, edited them (ripped the "no" off of "No Obamacare" for example), and posed for our picture. There were people speaking outside the Supreme Court (had to go for all the lawyers in our group), but we decided to keep our drunken obnoxiousness to ourselves. The secret service/park police/whichever authority figure was nice enough to let us take the picture.
I paid for my awesome weekend by having the most miserable night ever. Went to bed around 2am and could not sleep for the itching. The benadryl had no effect. Got up several times to try all my anti itch lotions, and even used an ice pack for a while (didn't help). Gave up at 5:30am, took an oatmeal bath (only helped a little), and watched tv until I could nap for a couple hours around noon. So now I'm itchy, exhausted, slightly nauseous (from being overtired), frustrated, and overall yucky feeling. The spots have spread to my forearms and calves. Some of the early ones on my chest are fading, but new ones are still appearing on my breasts. At least there isn't much more of my body it can spread to? (It shouldn't go to my face, and hands and feet would be unusual.) I just want it to stop itching (or respond to something other than drinking which isn't a viable daily option) so I can sleep. What a sad end to a tremendous three days.
I paid for my awesome weekend by having the most miserable night ever. Went to bed around 2am and could not sleep for the itching. The benadryl had no effect. Got up several times to try all my anti itch lotions, and even used an ice pack for a while (didn't help). Gave up at 5:30am, took an oatmeal bath (only helped a little), and watched tv until I could nap for a couple hours around noon. So now I'm itchy, exhausted, slightly nauseous (from being overtired), frustrated, and overall yucky feeling. The spots have spread to my forearms and calves. Some of the early ones on my chest are fading, but new ones are still appearing on my breasts. At least there isn't much more of my body it can spread to? (It shouldn't go to my face, and hands and feet would be unusual.) I just want it to stop itching (or respond to something other than drinking which isn't a viable daily option) so I can sleep. What a sad end to a tremendous three days.