Happy Easter! and Rachael Ray Tries to Maim Me

Hi there! I hope everyone is having a Happy Easter!! We had a church-wide brunch this morning. I made Granny's Egg Casserole Recipe that turned out to be a hit. Kara dyed 2 dozen hard-boiled eggs upon request from Ms. Bobbie (the lead elder spokesperson/coordinator/appointed grandmomma & die hard Philly Eagles fan of the church body). Ms. Bobbie is a character. She usually sits in the row in front of us and is usually picking on Kyle b/c he is a Dallas Cowboys fan and frequently claims jealousy when Kyle gives me big kisses at the greet-your-neighbor portion of the service. We love Ms. Bobbie :) I worked in the nursery this morning and we made paper crosses with the kids and had an Easter egg hunt.

So last night was busy with laundry and house to-dos since I've been away and working crazy the past 2 weeks (deadline is OVER! hallelujah!). Kyle picked out a recipe from my Rachael Ray 30-minute cookbook and we went to the store to get ingredients. The recipe called for a jalapeno. I decided to gut the jalapeno of the seeds to make it less hot.

7:30 PM: I scraped the seeds out over the garbage and proceeded with the recipe.

8:30 PM: We're eating dinner and I feel my hand burning a little. I mention to Kyle that some jalapeno juice residue must still be on my skin. Ha ha...that silly jalapeno is pretty hot.

9:15 PM: We come back from Rita's and I mention again to Kyle that the burning seems to be oddly intensifying.

11:20 PM: I start preparing the egg casserole for tomorrow and notice that my hand is still pretty hot but I'm broiling bacon so I'm just probably hot all over.

12:10 AM: As I lay in bed my hand seriously feels as if it will spontaneously combust. It's so uncomfortable. It was the worst feeling and I couldn't sleep. I tried to ignore it for a while but it felt like I had placed my hand palm down in a skillet coated with oil! Horrific

12:45 AM: I try a few different home remedies. Slather my hand in butter, pour milk over my hand, wash my hands repeatedly, wrap a washcloth around my hand....all only provided temporary relief until the fire came back

1:15 AM: I decide to check on the Internet for there must be someone else in the world who has run into this and found a remedy. I find one person used profanity to describe the pain, another person claimed their burning sensation lasted 3 days! After reading a bunch of different commentaries I decided to rub my hands raw with baking soda. Since it's a mildly abrasive cleaning agent I thought it would get the embedded traces out of my skin. I then squirted lemon juice on my hand and halleluja it worked! The burning went away. It was about 2:30 AM before I finally made it to sleep.

So that's my story. Stay away from ge-lap-enos.