Only Me...

You know when you have something happen and in those moments where you think, "Sheesh. This would only happen to me, no one else, only me."

I had one of those today.

Today was your typical casual Friday in corporate world.

I got up, got ready, and actually managed a cute outfit to wear.

I had the usual commute, the usual coffee, the usual phone problems, everything like normal.

At about 9:30 the pest control guy showed up in the lobby.

He comes quarterly, so this was my first time seeing him.

I let him go about his job as I went back to mine.

He started by spraying around the lobby and my desk.

A few minutes later, my eyes started to water, and my chest got a little burning sensation, and I began to itch. So I took a allergy pill and tried to go back to work.

But then it started to get worse and I started to feel the adrenaline waves.

Crap. I was having a reaction to the pesticide.

I talked to my branch manager and he told me to go take 20 minutes and get some air to see if it would help.

On my way out the door he mentioned to the pest control guy that I was reacting and the guy said I was the FIRST PERSON he had ever heard of reacting to it in all of his years in the industry.

Awesome. Only me.

So I spent 20 minutes browsing the local QT and consulting with my mom and Hubs about anything else I could do to remedy this thing.

After popping some Benadryl, I went back to work.

In the time it took for me to walk in the door and to the back room, the symptoms started back, this time accompanied by splotchy skin.

I tired to go back to work and started to shake a little, so when the branch manager walked by my desk, he asked if I needed to go home.

Yeah, I gave up fighting this thing.

I told him I was going to email HR really quick, and he told me not to worry and to leave.

And asked if I was ok to drive or needed him to follow me home.

I declined but he made me promise to call to tell him I got home okay.

I guess I gave him a little scare.

So now I am at home ready to nap since this Benadryl is making me drowsy.

"The only one in all of his years in the industry to ever react to this pesticide."

The dude was probably in his fifties.

And said he had roughly 25 years in the industry.

And I was the first one to report a reaction.

Yep, only me.