Last Wednesday I hung out late on the back patio, standing in the grass, sitting at the table, and somewhere along the way a spider bit me. Not sure when or where, but when I woke up the next morning I had a red spot and bite mark at the base of my right big toe. And it bit the hell out of me. The swelling in my foot on Thursday was way too much to put on a shoe, and it stayed that way pretty much until Sunday. I monitored it closely, wondering a couple of times if I would end up at urgent care, but the redness never got too bad. The worst part was the itching.
Today I felt just fine and went out for a lovely 5-miler. Temperatures were in the 100s every day last week, but a big storm blew through Sunday night and knocked down the heat. Today it was 95 degrees when I went out, and the heat index was...95. That hasn't happened much, if at all, recently. And it actually felt that way with low humidity for a change. I was glad to get out after missing a couple of runs. And of course now I'm watching out for spiders.
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