It brought back good memories to be there specially since all the older cousins I looked up to as kid were there but with all of their children who now look up to me. Funny how life is so circular like that. However, this blog isn't an update about the trip but a funny story that happened while I was there. I'm not really one who suffers much or often from allergies but for some reason I have this season. It started while in Rome but I chalked it up as being around new plants and allergens that maybe my body wasn't exposed to enough to be able to play good defense. When I got up north however I realized it wasn't just the Roman allergies out to get me. I was fine when I got there but my eagerness to return to my childhood activities and take a spin on the Dune Buggy was my downfall. My little cousin led the way to the new trails with the Four Wheeler and I followed with the newest member of the up north motorized toys.
The new trails hadn't been worn out like the ones before and were still saturated with weeds and grass. Following closely behind with no goggles, or even sunglasses I got a face full of debris, dust, and whatever the heck else comes off of plants when being ran over. If my eyes were burning and itching in Rome just from site seeing you can imagine how they felt when being raped by just about every air born allergen within a five minute time frame. I had my eye drops I bought over the counter in Italy, and I tried those with no avail. My aunt, however suggested a home remedy. She said, you can put a tea bag over your eyes, it's supposed to be very soothing. After the reassurance of my cousins I said ok. She wet the tea bag and I put it on my eye that was bothering me the most, holding it in place with a paper towel. At first I was like ok, the cold wetness of it feels nice.
A few minutes later though, that nice feeling was replaced with a tingly feeling and soon after a burning sensation. I was like, "Zizi Grace, what kind of tea bag is this?" She replied in her sweet lil (slightly broken) English, "I'm not sure, I just grabbed one." I said, "I don't know something is not right. It burns more now than before." She looks to find out what it was and sure enough it was Lemon Spice tea. Pretty much two of the worst things you could have on/in your eye. We all have a good laugh, even me with my bright red eye. I wash it out in the sink and she replaces the Lemon Spice with a calming soothing Chamomile. She tells me, how it could be a good story for a song. I smiled and thought, nah not really... but a pretty funny story for a blog. :-)
