Yesterday,

or maybe today,

because I haven't gone to bed yet,

when I was out in the driveway,

helping my mr.,

stain some shutters,

that I need to find a handyman to help hang,

my right eye started watering,

and hurting

and my nose started running

and I couldn't see what I was doing,

but I kept on staining anyway,

because I wanted to help

and I'm really good at staining.

and then it started stinging

so I gave up

and went inside

and got loads of sympathy

from my children.

two of whom had been out there helping

their dad,

but decided to do something

different,

which was probably

a good idea.

and I washed my eyes out

and then closed them

because they hurt

and were very scary looking.

and now I have

a great

new found empathy

for people who

have allergies.

(it was really windy here today. hot and windy. i had sunscreen on my face and there were fumes. have no idea what did hit me. have never had that happen to me before. ever. weird.)