School is out and I should be happy....

So school has been out for a little over a week and I should be happy for several reasons.

First, last weekend I did some SERIOUS cleaning. I cleaned like I never cleaned before. I started with the attic and took everything out and then put everything back in an organized manner. All the while throwing away anything that deserved to be thrown away. Next, our bedroom, then my bathroom, then Vincent's bathroom (gross!) and on and on until I had completely organized the entire house. While in school I had fantasized about re-organizing the house (yeah, I know I'm OCD) and so the first Saturday after school ended I did it. I started at 7AM and ended at 4PM!! 9 hours!! And my amazing husband did what he's good at. He followed behind me in every room and mopped, vacuumed, bleached, dusted, windexed, or whatever else deep cleaning the room needed after I had been done with it. We were a perfect pair and we felt amazing after it!! I still can't believe how great the house looks! Thanks honey!!

Second, my amazing husband got me a massage for finishing school and preparing to start summer school in a couple of weeks. (yuck!) He got the massage at the place that my family has been getting massages for years and years. But I guess they have new management now and have moved locations. Now it's 10 times better. I got a massage and afterwards got a haircut and color that, like everything else, I have been needing for quite some time. I love this new place!! Vincent and I are going to go back at the end of my summer classes and do a couples massage and everything else including a "manly-cure" (their words, not mine)! I can't wait. Vincent really does spoil me and I love every minute of it!!

So after these 2 amazing things you'd think I'd be the happiest person every! I was, don't get me wrong, until late Friday night, early Saturday morning. Friday night we went out to eat at our favorite Mexican restaurant- Los Lupes-yummy!! My feet had red spots and itched like crazy while we were there but I didn't think anything of it except that maybe it was my shoes since I hadn't worn them in awhile and maybe my feet were being adjusted to them again. Saturday morning I awoke and couldn't believe it. I was covered in those red spots and I itched all over. After Vincent did some research we realized that I had hives. Oh my gosh!! Have you ever itched so bad that it hurts??? It's the worst thing ever!! Yesterday Vincent fed me Benadryl and I was in a drugged state for most of the day watching Lifetime movies. He had me covered in cold compresses and refilled them constantly. This morning I couldn't move, it hurt so bad. But I didn't want to waste the day in a drugged state again. So I have bandaged ice packs all over my body to get them to stay so I can do things like type on the computer. My fingers and toes look like tiny sausages. I even let the dogs walk all over me because as they walk on me their nails help relieve the itch. Isn't that terrible?? We're pretty sure it's an allergic reaction but we can't figure out to what. I've never had hives before so this is a first to be this itchy and not be able to do anything about it. I got tired of sitting on the couch, wasting away a beautiful day that I don't have to study, and I decided to blog away my frustration. Right now Vincent is getting an oatmeal bath ready for me since I am about to go insane trying not to scratch myself. This is like Chinese torture! If there was a way to give criminals hives, I'm sure our crime rates would drop instantly! This is terrible!!

I don't know how much longer this will last but hopefully I will get to go out and do something before school starts again!! Be glad there are no pictures to go along with this blog. Poor Vincent has to look at his sausage of a wife and still love her!! He's a good man!!

Does anyone know of anything else that will help get rid of the itching or better yet the hives?? Everyone we've talked to said we have to wait it out but this itching is awful.....any other remedies to dull the itching would be most appreciated!! Please help a sausage lady!!!