Crackpot Theory

I got sick again last Saturday right after I spent all morning cleaning out the garage. It was the same thing I always get: sinus pain and a fever. I thought removing my tonsils would solve this issue, because I used to always get really bad tonsillitus as well. It didn't. I suspect I have Cedar Fever - a histamine reaction basically.

On Tuesday I was still home sick, and the puppy escaped. I had been letting him out to do his puppy business unsupervised. I had checked the fence earlier for holes, not thoroughly apparently. When he didn't come back in after a few minutes, I went out to check on him. He was gone. I thought, "maybe he came back in when I wasn't looking?" So, I checked the house - gone. I went back outside and started calling him and I hear some rustling on the other side of the fence! I got a step stool and put it up against the fence and I saw him! I got some Beggin' Strips and tried to lure him back to no avail. So, I bit the bullet and decided to just hop the fence barefoot. I didn't want to let him out of my sight while I went to put on some shoes... Bad idea. Right after I got over the fence I stepped ankle-deep into a massive ant pile. I saw my foot covered with ants and brushed most of them off. The I went throught some thick brambles after that and he finally decided to come to me. So, I picked him up and walked back through the massive ant pile (there wasn't really a way around it.) With more ants chewing on my foot, I climbed the fence and dropped the puppy over the other side. I brushed the ants off again and climbed over. And shortly afterwards... I was fine! My allergies were gone. My throat stopped tingling. My fever went away. Amazing! I suspect that my body had some better stuff to throw a histamine fit over - the ant bites - and so it forgot about my sinuses! Crack theory? Yeah. Gonna stick my foot in an ant pile again next time I get sick? Hell yeah! Hehehe.