There was a tragic and almost fatal incident at the apartment today. I usually visit my mother on Sunday, but today we decided to go to the Pen Centre, so she drove to our apartment. Chuck and I were standing in the kitchen and my mother was standing a few feet away in the hall by the front door. Chuck decided to munch on a big ol’ chunk of cheese – Gouda, I believe. I was trying to advise him to take smaller nibbles and savor the flavour, rather than his typical manly inhalations of the food. To protest, he took a huge bite from the large block of cheese. I gasped, then smacked his cheese hand upwards. Within an instant, the massive dairy product was airborne, spiraling upward and outward toward my mother’s vicinity. Everything seemed to go in slow motion. I could see the cheese projectile spinning, with well defined teeth marks, heading straight toward my helpless mother. At the time of the launch, she was bent over, putting something in a bag on the floor. There was nothing I could do to stop what was going to happen next. She had no clue of her impending doom. The missile arched downward and smacked my poor mother on her tiny, unprotected head. Chuck dashed out of the other end of the kitchen, through the dinning room, then around to my mother who was almost comatose in the hall. She said “Oww! What the heck was that?” Still crouched over, she picked up the half-eaten brick of cheese. I don’t think she realized what it was until it was in her hand. Chuck was there, with his outstretched hand. I still don’t have any idea if he was more concerned about my poor little mother or his lunch! Jan handed him his cheese, which has now been on her head then on the floor. He waited until his hysterical laughter subsided before he started devouring the near cause of my mother’s demise. I guess the ten second rule applies with cheese that has bounced off of someone’s head. Fortunately, my mother recovered and we were still able to have a productive shopping trip at the Pen Centre.
Today’s symptoms: Today was the best day I’ve had in over a month. Let’s hope it continues. I did break out in hives yesterday, and I still have them (but not as bad) today. This is something I dealt with (chronic urticaria) for over a year while in university.
Lizzy McFly 