I've got shingles...

...and not the kind that you put on the roof. You can read about what shingles is on Wikipedia. It is from the same virus family as chicken pox and you can only get it if you have had chicken pox. The two doctors that I saw this morning (primary care and opthomologist) both were surprised that I got it at my age. I guess that it is usually elderly or sickly people who get it. Michelle blames stress in my life. I can't argue with that one. It is really itchy and swollen and I just want to rub my face all the time. But, I am being really good and avoiding touching it. I was using a hot compress on it several times yesterday and that felt good, but the doctor told me this morning that I should use an ice pack. The heat increases circulation and causes the leasions to spread. The good news is that it hasn't spread to my eye. I just need to carefully watch it to make sure that it doesn't. Here are some photos of what I looked like Sunday morning:

And this is what I looked like this morning:

I started to get the red rash on Thursday and so I probably should have gone to the doctor on Friday morning, but I was too stubborn. Plus, I had plans to go to the climbing gym and I didn't want to miss that. (I did end up misssing the gym, but that is a whole different story.)

Track Meet

Rebecca had a track meet today after school. They have been practicing for a few weeks now and today was the first time that they recorded their accomplishments. We went and watched her compete. She did the long jump, softball throw, high jump, shotput and 100 m dash. She did the 400 m before we got there, so we missed seeing that. She had fun and did well.

That is Tyler cheering in the background when Rebecca did the high jump. This video is of 3' 1". She made it up to 3' 2".