There's something about Leona...

Okay. So, I've gone to NYC (for work) and returned. Same as last May I managed to get "pink eye"...But this time it was WAAAAAY worse. I looked like I'd been punched in my left eye. It was awful. It's almost a full week later and I'm still battling the red.

We stayed at the Helmsley Medical Tower and it just didn't feel clean. I mean, it's nice enough except that the carpet never really seemed dry. It was hot and humid in the room b/c the AC didn't really go down to the frosty temp I like my hotel rooms. Thank goodness I took my handy travel fan or I would have never slept. (That bad boy goes with me everywhere for the "white noise".)

I swear it's the hotel's fault. What are the odds?? The last time I got "pink eye" was when I stayed there last May. It cannot be just a coincidence? Can it? I blame Leona.

The work trip itself was good. The flight home...well, at least I finally GOT home. LaGuardia is a horrible airport. I've never gotten a flight out of there on time. This time my 7pm flight didn't arrive to ATL until about 1:45 in the morning. So, I didn't get home until 2:45. To top it off the train was down and we had to walk the whole way back and my feet were on fire. I'd been in heels and hose since 5:30am. Thank goodness we were only on the B terminal. Every single step was agony AND I had to pee!! Yeah, there are no bathrooms down there once you leave the terminal. Or if there are I couldn't see them b/c I was too busy looking down to see if my feet had fallen off. So, after finally getting my bag, which really didn't take long, and paying for parking (by the way...the machines inside the airport don't work after a certain hour...yeah, THAT makes sense!) I started on my merry way home, exhausted and blind as a bat. I finally crawled into bed at about 3am. I woke up long enough to send D-man and the Boy off and I went back to sleep.

When I finally crawled out of bed it was almost 11am and I had to make a doctor's appointment for my disfigured eyeball. I picked up my son from daycare and went to the doc who told me (after saying, "oooh, yeah, that's bad") that I had Conjunctivitis Belpharitis-sorry if I misspelled that- probably caused by either Staph or Strep (great, I have "strep eye"??) and essentially "here's an ophthalmic antibiotic and do some warm compresses...bye!" Have you ever felt like the doctor was grossed out and just wanted to get out of the office you are in and go boil himself?? That's how he made me feel. Maybe it was just that it was 3:00 on a Friday or that I'd brought my 3 1/2 year old with me. Either way, great bedside manner!

Anyway, I went on my merry way and I'm on the mend. That was last Friday and it's now Thursday. I actually woke up without my eye being glued shut this morning. It was great. I'm goop-free, but they are still a bit on red/pink side.