erin

Hey!

I got on the plane to go to my brother's wedding and as soon as I sat down I felt a cold coming on. I was so pissed, I was sure it was the air or the dusty plane or the lady next to me at the gate that was hacking and coughing and spreading her disease. I had gone through the precaution of buying hand sanitizer because airports freak me out that much, it seems like every time I go somewhere on one I get sick. I wasn't touching anything.

So I sat down and my throat started to hurt. Imagine me, but pissed. I got to the hotel in seaside where my mom had tons of delicious food that all had milk in it so I settled for eating an entire platter of fruit salad over the weekend. I was miserable and sick the whole time, sore throat, couldn't talk - not bad as far as illnesses go but not fun for a family weekend. Finally it started to go away and I felt fine, but a half hour after dinner it started again....

So i'm like dude this has to be an allergy. I'm allergic to wedding cake, I just know it. But of course it wasn't the wedding cake it was the bastard melon. The fruit salad I bought from the airport cafe before getting on the plane, the fruit salad I survived on when I got to the hotel. After I finished off the platter it went away but the next day we had fresh watermelon with dinner. Practically the only thing I had eaten all weekend was the one thing I was allergic to, how's that for a bitch? If only I could go back in time now and have fun with my family instead of feeling paranoid that I'm going to be sick at any moment.

Oh well. At least I'm not sick! And I know to stay away from the melon. My sister lost her voice too, I wonder.... It seems like my family tends to be allergic.