Ztampfilicious

Heheheh… so pleased with myself, obviously! It arrived yesterday early evening and I spent all night migrating all data, installing the Leopard (it came with Tiger installed – plus the Leopard Install DVD). Well, as soon as my allergy’s gone, I’ll get cracking to create more new ztampfilicious stuff! I’ve checked that Photoshop runs much faster on it – as it should with 2.8GHz processor, 4GB SDRAM and 1TB of space :). I’m still in the process of familiarizing myself to use a desktop – a huge one at that too. For the past 8 years I have been working solely on laptops. So it’s quite a big change, no pun intended!

One thing that I immediately notice: using desktop is more ergonomic for your body. Even compared to using laptop on the same desk/chair which I’ve been doing most of the time anyway. I just have to remember to sit with my back straight up: not easy! But in the long run it will be a good thing :).

Oh and I haven’t really explored the Leopard – but I think I’m going to really like the Space and QuickView. Haven’t tried TimeMachine yet; I’m still reluctant to completely wipe out my LaTjie EHD for it. I think I’m going to explore a bit and after I’m sure that everything is really fine then I’ll run Time Machine with LaTjie as the dedicated EHD for it…

Updates on my allergy saga…

Carin: Thanks, I don’t think mine is Urticaria – but who knows… Xyzal didn’t do anything for me, though. None of the medication did :(. So we’ll see.

Lynn: Wow, internal itchy sounds nasty! It must be very frustrating. I’m glad it was over for you quickly. Thanks, I hope we will find out the allergen soon too…

Anyway, I felt a bit better since I stopped taking the medication. The swelling is practically gone now (only very slightly on my eyelids remain). The itch has gotten less too – although it started to get a bit worse again yesterday, perhaps because I was out and about a lot. Yesterday I got the blood test results: everything is perfectly normal and good! Well, I’m glad but also somewhat annoyed because it means I’ll have to undergo the process of finding the allergen which could take a lot of time, energy and resources. But I really want to find out because it could be anything – which means, this allergy could come back anytime without warning. I would like to be able to take preventive measures so I’m determined to find the cause. The doc referred me to another dermatologist – she said he is very good. I’ve secured an appointment for Monday, Nov. 19 – the earliest available slot! I guess he must be good. I would like to have Skin Prick Test to see if we can find the allergen. I need to find out before my trip to Vermont. I won’t do to have this allergy attack while I’m there! *knock on wood*

Well, wish me luck so I can get back to creating Ztampf! things again soon!