Be Glad You're NOT Me!

What a week I'm already having!  Yesterday first thing in the morning, our Internet connection wasn't working.  Okay I thought, I'll be fine without an Internet and blogging fix to start off the day.  So, I went to the fridge for my other fix, which is a Diet Coke, and we were out--How could I let that happen?!  Added to that, for some reason the local channels weren't coming in via the satellite, so there would be no news-fix for me either.  I tried to not let these bumps in my morning routine get to me because it would just give me more time to spend with the dogs and getting ready for work.  As I kept doing things around the house, I noticed that the time seemed to be dragging.  I had time to do things like take a few pictures and even a load of laundry.  I later realized that there was a reason for that, my watch was practically stopped, and I was really running behind! I managed to get to work on time, but not before 2 near collisions and breaking what I know were several traffic laws.  

Once at the office I settled into the schedule.  I had noticed earlier in the morning that my face was starting to itch, just a little.  I thought it was perhaps because of a new box of masks that I had--I was wrong.  A look in the mirror confirmed that I had the beginning of poison ivy, AGAIN--How could this happen?  I've been so careful since my run in with it this past summer and I really thought I knew what it looked like.  Apparently not.  Once safely home last evening, with my restored internet connection, I looked up "fall Poison Ivy."  Did you know that Poison Ivy leaves turn a vivid red color in the fall?  I didn't--It's actually one of the first plants to change, and it just happens to also be one of the pretty red leaves I collected on Sunday and had dried in between sheets of wax-paper!  I know what you're thinking, believe me, I'm thinking it too--But how can this touch of 'beauty' in the fall landscape cause all this misery?