Just a random note about my stupid big toe that got bit by a spider last week (literally a week ago today). It has been itching less and less (thankfully), and I noticed yesterday that the swelling had all but totally gone down–leaving me with a wrinkly toe. >:( It looked like crumpled paper, the stupid thing. It still itches just a twinge, but like all the websites I read about spider bites, it has pretty well cleared up in the average five to seven days. At five days it was no longer so irritating that I had to keep it on ice, and now at seven days, the swelling is gone and it’s just about back to normal. I guess this means I shouldn’t wander around the yard barefoot, but you know I’ll still do it. For as much as I like buying shoes (and I have some damned cute ones), I still prefer to be barefoot to anything. Now if I could only prevent getting bit by everything else outside.