Allergy Test

Today I went back to Dr. Lacour one last time, but this time it was for an allergy test.  Turns out, not only is he an ear, nose and throat specialist, but he's also an allergist.  Man, talk about your over-achiever!
I had always wanted an allergy test because I know I have allergies, but can't quite pinpoint them.  Allergies don't control my life or anything, but I get itchy and irritated often enough to wonder.  He offered to give me the test for the price of the consulting fee, which isn't that expensive, so I went for it.
First, he marked my inner forearm with a pen.  Then he grabbed a bunch of small vials and put a drop from each onto my arm.  Then he grabbed syringes and pricked each droplet into my skin.

I am deathly afraid of needles, so this wasn't my cup of tea.  Then he wiped the droplets away and had me sit and wait for 30 minutes.  *DISCLAIMER:  This is kinda gross.*

Here's my arm initially:

I've got 12 different spots.  Here's after about 5 minutes (it's really itchy now):

5 more minutes:

It's really burning and itching now.  A bunch of the spots turned into bumps.  Then Dr. Lacour came by with a popsicle stick and scraped all the bumps, further irritating them.  Thanks a lot!

Verdict:  I'm allergic to cat, dog, mold, dust and some bacteria naturally occurring in my body.  Great!   I might as well go buy a plastic bubble right now!  He said there's a laser procedure that would help me a lot, but I'm not getting a laser shoved up my nose, so he gave me some pills and drops to try instead.  Wow, what a fun day!

On the way home, I stopped at Disco (the supermarket) and got rations for a yummy dinner.  I pan-fried pork chops (just used salt, pepper and a little butter):

I caramelized some onions and put them on top:

Then I made the apple "sauce:"

I bought a tiny bottle of apple juice (try to get the good, dark brown stuff, if you can (and which I couldn't)) and diced a large apple.  I threw them into a sauce pan and let them simmer for awhile with a pinch of salt and pepper.  You want the sauce to reduce and get really thick and dark brown like this:

The apples should be really tender, almost like mush.  Then I poured this on top of the pork and onions:

Oh yea, I also boiled some carrots:

Aaron likes them and anything I can do to get him to eat veggies is a good thing.  

Dinner was delicious!  If you get a chance, pork chops and applesauce is a must!  Don't just buy applesauce, making your own is so worth it!  It's easy, cheap and doesn't take too much time.  This entire meal took me maybe 30 minutes.

Alrighty, now that we're stuffed, I'm off to wash my deformed arm!