I checked in with my doctor this morning because, now that the rash is gone, I’m shedding. Seriously – I rub my torso and flakes of flesh fill the room like snow. It’s like Ally Sheedy’s dandruff snow storm\u00a0from the Breakfast Club..except it’s my skin. Even worse, my hands are pealing like I soaked them in boiling water, developed blisters,\u00a0and are\u00a0now healing.<\/p>\n
Lovely.<\/p>\n
The doctor said it’s because my skin suffered major trauma from the rash and that it feels it needs to replace itself. So…I get to look forward to this continuing for the next week or so. Over the past week it’s been on my arms and shoulders. Then came the hands. And now it’s at my elbows and just starting on my legs. I guarantee there will be a 1\/2 inch layer of dead skin under my seat when I disembark the plane after 7 hours tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Oh, and I\u00a0packed last night and it all didn’t fit. I’m going to have to SERIOUSLY reconsider what I constitute as necessities. I’ve already taken people’s advice about the electric toothbrush and beard trimmer. Based on the uncertainty of where we’ll be going after the first\u00a0week in Paris, I’m even more perplexed. Will we go south (more shorts weather) or west or north (cooler and damper)?<\/p>\n
I’m thinking I’m not going to bring any “night” clothes. It’s not like I plan to go to any of the hippest clubs in the city. And the fact that I use the word “hip”\u00a0clearly proves\u00a0that I wouldn’t fit in anyway.<\/p>\n
So, it looks like this\u00a0just may\u00a0be my last daily posting until early July. I’m planning on periodically blogging from Paris (and random other unknown destinations throughout Europe) over the next two and a half weeks. But I suspect the entries won’t be daily (though I’ll try to be frequent…so keep reading). I’ll even have photos (perhaps even of my lepresy, if you ask politely).<\/p>\n
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