The "joys" of odd allergies

One of the down sides to being allergic to something relatively unusual is that it sometimes turns up in the oddest places. I must have eaten something that had a fair bit of salicylic acid in it, because I've got a beaut of a rash going on both my arms. To quote Joss Whedon: "Grr! Argh!"

On the brighter side, I had a great walking weekend. Between the 11.7 miles on Saturday and the over six miles yesterday (including walking in the 5K Run/Walk For Your Rights with Aviva, MamaBear, fisherbear, and my 3-Day walking partner, She's Jake To Me - a fabulous lot of fun and in a great cause!), I've got at least 30.34 miles in for last week. Final total might have to be adjusted once I finish downloading all the detailed data from Mirkwood tonight, as I can't seem to find him at the moment...

Hurrah, a change in walking schedule!

Okay, so it's yet more miles, but at least it's not deja vu all over again, again, again!

Here's the walking schedule for this week:

• Tuesday: 4 miles


• Thursday: 5 miles


• Saturday: 12 miles


• Sunday: 7 miles

...for a total of 28 miles. She's Jake to Me and I are walking together on Saturday, which should give us some really good practice for our participation in the 3-Day. We walked together just fine this past Sunday, but that was a pretty short distance. This should be a much better test of our walk-together skills.

Of course this weekend is also Mother's Day, which I'm hosting, and a very busy one at work, so I'll have lots to do. I expect the walking will make a nice change from some of it. Bring it on!