New job woes

I was going to show a picture of my eye, but it looks so red, swollen and ugly that I chose not to. My eyelids are covered with eczema and so are my lips, which are really inconvenient places: I cannot apply my usual coal tar gunk for fear of getting it in my eyes or ingesting it. The last time I had a bad eczema flare it was a job related issue involving the powder in my lab gloves. This time I am not sure of what the cause is, but I do believe it is job related, since this is my third winter in California and never before did I get eczema on my face.

Until I see a doctor, all I can do is apply cold compresses. When I am not doing that, I am working on the socks to be swapped. Thanks to ravelry I have seen the pattern of my choice from many angles and I believe it will look great with this self striping yarn. The only thing I don't like is the garter stitch toe, and I figure my sock swap recipient would not like it either, so I began instead with a figure eight toe.


This color scheme fills me with awe. I would have never chosen these colors to go together, and yet they look great.