itchy

I didn't get to mass today, Patricia decided that she was too hung over to to celebrate her birthday in such a way.

I did however wake up with what I thought was a sun rash so I spent the morning reading in the shade.

In the afternoon we baked a birthday cake with some odd cake mix which came right from a bag with no additional ingredients required. we made a double layer cake and because we had no icing we covered it in nutella. (nutella seems to be a food group of its own here)

after baking we all hung around until 6 when we walked up to the town of Murlo (pop. 70) to go to the restaurant for Patricia's birthday supper. as a Party of 24 in a small restaurant I think we rather overwhelmed the staff, appetizers came amongst the entrées and some people waited an hour for their food while others got theirs promptly.

I regret ordering rabbit, as it came as chunks of carcass still with bone and it was only a plate of meat. it was nice, but not exactly what I was expecting.

we had an absolutely ridiculous time trying to split up the bill again, apparently it is impossible to get separate bills in Italy. everyone was getting fed up with each other and I was getting super itchy and frustrated.

A girl I was sitting with told me it looked like I had the same hives she did when she found out she was allergic to penicillin.

I'm taking amoxicillin for my throat infection

uh oh

after we finally figured out the bill (mostly) a couple of us left and ran back to the house to put out Patricia's cake. we all sang her happy birthday and gorged ourselves on nutella cake.

it was pretty good for having come out of a bag!

my rash seems to be mostly in the places that sun hits, it's worst on my shoulders, chest, neck, and arms and there is a line on my shoulders where my tank top straps covered. it has spread to my chest (which was covered by a shirt) and legs. and my lips and ears and face look yucky and swollen. I have no idea what is going on with my skin, but I want it to stop.

so now here I sit trying not to scratch off a layer of skin which is proving rather challenging. I have a wet cloth and a bottle of aloe, but I feel sooo itchy. and I look like i have some gross skin disease. I am not looking forward to spending 8 hours itching in the scorching sun tomorrow.