The strangest thing

I got a "nerve block" in my head a couple of days ago.

It's supposed to stop this blasted headache that is ruining my life.

the doctor injected my head in a couple of different places with numbing stuff and steroids

(yes, numbing stuff is a technical term!)

The entire right side of my head is numb

and it is super weird

My ear is numb too

And it has caused me to feel dizzy and nauseous.

Which is awesome.

All day yesterday I felt like I had an itch behind my ear

but whenever I would go to scratch it I would realize that I couldn't actually feel anything there

so for all I know I was scratching a freaking hole in my scalp!

So I had to constantly tell myself that I don't actually have an itch there

I can't feel anything.

It was the strangest thing.

And very hard to ignore.

The doctor also wrote on my head with a blue marker to know where to inject

Luckily with my dark hair I don't think its visible to people

But I woke up to a blue finger

So apparently I'm scratching the phantom itch in my sleep

And apparently the blue marker is still there somewhere even after shampoo.

Oh the experiences we just never knew we would get to have...

On another note:

Book club is at my house tonight.

It was supposed to be last week but we had the whole freaky-power-outage-trees-down storm instead.

The book is 

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

I read it awhile ago and my memory for details in books just isn't that good.

I read too many and too fast I think.

(and my memory just plain stinks)

So I hope I can think of something intelligent to say and not just

"hmmm, I forgot about that"

I had big plans for cute refreshments and stuff

but I have done nothing but lay on the couch and feel sorry for myself for days now.

So, I think cleaning the bathroom will have to be a higher priority for tonight than refreshments.

Even if they don't know it, my guests should be grateful I'm making that choice.