Jackson again...

Sunday, 20 September 2009

Back to Jackson one more time this year. Ya i got poison sumac again all over my arms and legs, ya i got to hang out with donkeys, which by the way i could have bought, according to the farmer for $200. We also found an abandoned house that had some funny records from the 70's and a motorcycle exactly like the one i have, a 1972 honda cb500. Went to the Milan drag way one friday night and i almost brought a stray cat home that was living in the spare tire of our trailer. It was quite a trip.

Oh ya and the day before i was sent out of town i was made part-time by my company. Now that i'm back it's gonna be time to start getting that government money back i've been paying for all these years.

i found my new best friend
whoa there buddy, back up a little

uh no...that's not a "fanny pack" it's a hydration waist pack for your information. i asked, $200 and one of these donkeys could be living in my back yard right now.




what are the odds, the exact same bike as mine, too bad it was rusted solid

come on ladies... i mean if this record doesn't make you want to be a swinger i don't know what will


cutting through the wheat fields early in the morning

praying mantis

milan dragway on a friday is the coolest place in michigan. it was super fun

driving through a soy bean field with the truck

the stray cat coming to get some roast beef that i had been feeding it

aaahhhhhhh!

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Poison Sumac

Thursday, 13 August 2009

Well like i wrote about earlier, over the course of 2 weeks in the swamps in Jackson i readily accumulated more and more poison sumac over my arms and legs. Because our pants were wet from being in the swamp, the oil from the sumac trees was apparently able to soak through to our legs.
Several of us had it and by the middle of the second week, we decided to go to the local hospital and get shots. Waking up at 3 in the morning because of itching isn't a lot of fun.

Like Jerry Seinfeld said, i was pretty happy when i got called by the nurse from the big waiting room to the "littler" waiting room. After the physician assistant (named Rodney, who was big, mean, fat and wearing flowery scrubs) came in and told me i could get prosecuted if i did NOT file this under workman's comp, I got bored sitting in that second littler waiting room.

Here's my heart rate and arms. I don't know if 137 over 73 is good or not. I haven't had to go to the hospital for at least 10 years.
It's kinda hard to see from the picture but i had it all along my arm.

It's been a weeks since getting the cortisone injection and steroid pills and its finally almost all gone.

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Not so out of town

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Well it looks like i'll be out of town again for a few weeks. This time however i will be headed to Brooklyn Michigan. It's somewhere between Ann Arbor and Jackson. It's nice that i'll be close to home, but i did enjoy seeing other parts of the US. Although from what i hear i will be spending a lot of time knee deep in swamp water. Woo Hoo!

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