on the plane for vacation. Whoo-hoo! I still need to do some last
minute shopping, cleaning and packing and by last minute I mean do all
of it cause I haven't done anything yet.
On to the title of the blog-post, I've go a little bit of infection
going on in the tattoo, despite my best efforts of cleaning it 3 times
a day with hot water and keeping it moisturized. Now don't worry,
it's not like my arm is falling off or anything but it is very
uncomfortable. Things started off well but a few days ago I started
to notice some small holes in my skin. Being the intelligent person I
am I figured out that those were not supposed to be there. I visited
the Peace Corps Medical Officer yesterday and got some oral
antibiotics to go with the antibiotic ointment I have started putting
on the infected areas. I was instructed to keep it uncovered as much
as possible. I am actually writing this from home today because I took
a sick day.
This is where I get into my hypothesis of how it happened. It is hot
here, ridiculously hot and humid which for those of you who know me
well results in the sweating. Not like, wow it must be hot outside
that guy is sweating a lot. Like, what the hell, did that guy just go
swimming in his clothes. So with the combination of the heat, my
sweating and having to wear a shirt most of the day all of last week
the odds were evidently against me in preventing infection. So today
I have taken a sick day to try and jump start the healing process by
sitting at home with a fan on me and not shirt on. We'll see how it
works out and I'll make the decision about going in tomorrow, early
tomorrow morning.
About a week ago I would have been upset with missing these next few
days of work but the schedule we were working on has slowly
disintegrated and some of the things I was hoping to have done before
I left may not get done. Back home in the work environment this would
not be acceptable and would be very out of place but the meeting of
deadlines and timetables here is not so strict. So I have taken a
deep breath and accepted what I can accomplish before I leave for
vacation and will hope for the best while I am gone.
The major hurdle left for me is getting out and getting my errands ran
before I go. Hopefully I have some good progress in the healing of
the infection that will allow me to venture out into the stores for a
sweaty few hours. (immediately taking a hot shower and applying more
antibiotic ointment afterwards)
Ok, well I am rocking through an Arrested Development Marathon today
so I better get back to it.
71 hours until take off!
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