Day 5-Poison Ivy

The title gives it away. Poison Ivy. UGH! If you read Day 4 where I talk all about gardening you will understand where this stupid Poison Ivy came from!  

Now let me tell you why in the world this would be something I am going to blog about. I have never had poison ivy in my life. I know there are some people that this is applicable for, but the reason why it is so shocking and unique to me is because I grew up in a rural community. I also vacationed growing up on Bull Shoals Lake. My grandparents owned around 100 acres in Lead Hill, Arkansas and on this 100 acres was a beautiful house, a boat dock, a mobile home, and woods, lots and lots of woods. As a young child you can imagine where I was down at the farm; either at the lake, or in the woods. My cousins, brother and I were always up to no good in those woods. We would create imaginary forts, climb up trees (or in my case watch them climb trees), anything imaginable to do in the woods-we were doing it. My cousins Cara and Jake both got poison ivy instantaneously, I mean they could breathe and somehow get it! I was never like that. I was pretty sure I was immune, because I never got it...until today.

I kept itching my leg, and felt little bumps. What is that? What the hell is that?! I looked at and told myself it was chigger bites. I had myself on the idea that it was chigger bites because I am IMMUNE to poison ivy!!! Until the voice of reason came along...my grandma Josephine. She called me today because she wanted to take me to dinner. I came to her house and we were sitting down, and of course I kept itching my leg. It didn't take long for her to notice and of course in a sweet tone she asks what I'm itching. I of course explain to her that I have chigger bites, and that I got it from working in Jon's yard. She then, in a commanding tone tells me to get up and bend over. Well hello grandma...she looks it over and announces, that's poison ivy! WHAT!?! Thoughts are rushing through my head and I want to tell her that I'm immune! Doesn't she know? But then it sinks in...I'm not immune, I. HAVE. POISON. IVY.

Anyone who has ever had it, I totally understand your pain and itchiness now.

There maybe a slim chance that it's not poison ivy....right?