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…the more I itch. It’s no fun trying to keep a journal up-to-date when the only thing I have to talk about is an itch. *g*

I went to the doctor on Friday. He made me strip down to my undies, and later remove said undies, making him one of a very (VERY) select group of individuals who’ve seen me model my birthday suit.

Unfortunately, after the doc was done admiring my physique and had done a little research in his medical-type tomes, he still wasn’t sure what I had. His best guess, he said, is that I have erythema multifome (which is a rash and not related to spiders in any way), and after doing a bit of research online of my own, I think I agree with him.

More unfortunately, the doc wants to make sure he isn’t wrong, so I have an appointment with a Dermatologist Tuesday at 11:15, meaning I have to miss all three of my classes on Tuesday. If I didn’t take that spot, I would have been waiting until ~next~ Tuesday for an appointment, and that isn’t particularly helpful. I would have itched my own hands off by then. *g*

So, I’ve got no drugs until I go and see the Dermatologist. The rash continues to grow and spread, and now my stomach itches as much as my hands do. Oh, and that poison ivy I thought was coming back on my legs? Nope. That’s more of the rash. It’s on my ankles and even a couple of my toes, so wearing socks and shoes is once again an uncomfortable experience (though not nearly as much as it was with the ivy).

In non-rash related news, I’m about 60% or so done with a new skin for the site, and I think it’s looking quite nice. It’s my favorite so far, at any rate. I’m thinking of calling it “Endless Summer”, as it has a sort of summery theme to it, and summer here in Iowa is already winding down. The high today is in the mid-low seventies (compared to the upper nineties of last week), and it feels a bit like autumn out of doors. I noticed a couple of the trees on the northwest side of campus have already started to turn colors, too (note: the directional indication was meant to help those familiar with campus picture it, not to suggest that I believe that fall and winter really ~do~ follow a perfectly linear north-south progression pattern. *g*).

Time to get away from the computer for a bit and do some homework. One of my professors assigned a whole bunch o’ reading over the weekend, and I haven’t started it yet.

Fun link: The music video to “Weapon of Choice”, as interpreted by stick figures (the dancer in the original music video is stick-figure-like Christopher Walken).