Went to visit a neighbor, yesterday, to return the containers she had given me when she made dinner for me last week. (Never return containers that have had such wonderful gifts in them empty - Always return the favor if you can. Gave her some cookies.)
My neighbors, all of them, are awesome. People are always doing nice things like that for each other around here.
So, visited for a few minutes. She has dogs. I love dogs. So, played with the dogs...
She won't bathe her dogs. Unless something like a skunk attack occurs, she won't bathe them... They are indoor/outdoor dogs... So, afterwards, with dog slobber and fur all over me, I stunk like "dawg." I went to the store, picked up a few things, came home and took a shower.
Early last night, my eyes started itching. One was particularly bad. Starting getting a runny nose. Eye scratchy. Throat itchy.. Great... Took a bunch of different antihistimines, just in case. Probably nothing, right?
Woke up early AM, terrible pain, one eye almost swollen shut, side of face/head/neck felt like someone hit me with a giant pincushion. Fluids everywhere... breathing difficult, pain, pain, pain.. Grabbed every darn antihistimine produce, immediately, and went to work, casually overdosing myself.
I have only ever had one bad allergic reaction to something, years ago. But, because of that, I am "stocked" with stuff, since breathing is really cool and I like to do it pretty darn frequently.
As of right now, the reaction appears to be subsiding. But, an ER trip isn't out of the question if I think conjunctivitis or something nasty like that is going to kick in. An allergic reaction is something one can handle at home, usually, without permanent damage. Viral or bacterial infections are not and I sort of would like to be able to see for the rest of my life. But, who knows wtf those stanky, slobbering, poop-eating, dogs have been into...
Short story: Neighbor is a wonderful person, just not very sensible sometimes. I love dogs. All dogs are good dogs. Neighbor's dogs are nasty as @$%@, but love people. This isn't a good combination.
PROTIP:
WASH UR FRIGGIN NASTY DAGS PEEPOL!
/sigh
(Sorry, had to rant a bit. Am going to have to have a sit down with my nice neighbor and tell her that her dogs are friggin nasty as @$^^$ and need a $@$Y^'in bath, even if I have to pay for someone to do it.
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