Target Practicing, Deer Hunting and Allergic Reactions

To start things off…

I’ve been wanting to go deer hunting for quite a while now. I wanted to as a kid, but since I have brothers, I never had the honor of going with my dad. After I was married, I tried to get my husband to take me a few times, but by the time the kids were old enough to leave with a sitter, he wanted to take Zion hunting. Zion has decided he doesn’t care for hunting. He’d rather fish or play computer. Azariah hasn’t shown any interest yet, either, and he’s still afraid of loud noises. So Trevor hasn’t taken him yet. I finally quit asking to go about 3 years ago, never really expecting to ever go. It is a guys sport, after all, isn’t it?

Well, last week, out of the clear blue, Trevor asked me if I wasted to go hunting with him over Thanksgiving weekend. I thought he was joking at first. But when I found out he was serious, I jumped at the idea. Really?? He wants to take me hunting? YES!!! Of course I’ll go. After I got over my excitement, I realized I had never shot a gun in my life. If I was going to go hunting, I needed to learn to shoot, and actually hit the target. So this past Saturday, I learned to shoot a gun. And I actually hit the target in all the right places….well mostly. Once was dead on and the other times were really close. I was told that even the ones that weren’t dead on, would still kill the deer. This is what is important anyway.

So, now that that is done and over with, I’m back to being exciting about my first hunt. I don’t know if I can wait until Thanksgiving weekend. Every time I think about it, I get so excited I’m like a little kid at Christmas time. I just know there is a deer out there with my name on it.

Moving on…

A few years ago, we discovered that Trevor was allergic to Clams. This was discovered after enjoying a wonderful meal of clam chowder. By the end of the day he was covered in a horribly itchy rash. Thankfully it wasn’t worse, but the itchyness was enough to make him crazy. He recovered after 3 days and has avoided clams ever since. This has been hard considering his love for clam chowder, but he has succeeded. Well, Friday, Trevor’s work had PF Changs catered in. He got to bring home the leftovers. Nothing was eaten until Saturday night, in which Trevor had the Shrimp Fried Rice. Very tasty, but apparently they use oyster sauce in their recipe. Sunday morning Trevor woke up covered in the nasty itchy rash once again. At first we thought he must have been allergic to the Shrimp, even tho its never bothered him before. But after doing some research, we discovered the oyster sauce in the shrimp fried rice. Both clams and oysters are in the “Shellfish” family, meaning Trevor is allergic to both and anything else in that family.

This being said, we missed both services on Sunday. He ended up taking Benadryl to get rid of the itchyness but it made him so zombie-fied that he was afraid to go anywhere. He was itchy and had cold chills all day, when he wasn’t sleeping it off. We had a nice service at home , tho, and spent the day doing family stuff, when Trevor felt up to it.

He is doing much better today, but is still itchy. The chills have left tho, much to his relief. So it looks like he is going to have to start checking with the cook, whenever he eats Chinese food or Thai Food, from here on out. And those being his favorite foods, this may become interesting.