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06/02/2004 Entry: "still in NY but off to Paris soon."

so my flight leaves in a few hours but I wanted to Blog. Last night I was up late finishing work so I could go to Paris, and preparing for a meeting I had this morning. Then at about midnight I realized that we had not used the Ristra(a hanging bunch of red peppers)from New Mexico that I lugged all over the hotel and the airport. I was afraid that they would go bad while we are away so I decided we should make hot sauce at midnight. I started cleaning and opening the peppers checking for bad ones and taking off the tops. Jeannie was roasting them in the oven. An hour and a half later we have one hundred red peppers roasted and blended ready to be cooked and one finished simmered and reduced jar of new Mexico red chile sauce. Then I notice that my middle and index finger are burning like I had scalded them. Its the freaking capsacin in the peppers I was opening them and washing them without gloves. It starts to burn more and more. I am in a mad dash on the internet looking for the cure. It says milk or yogurt. We have neither. So I put my hands in a bowl of sour cream, but that doesn't really work. I tried vegetable oil, peanut butter, sour cream again and a looooot of cold water. The internet said not to touch my nose or eyes, not to go to the bathroom, or have sex. All those things are hard especially at two am. I tried putting on a glove but it only seemed to make my hand even hotter and I think it spread to a bigger area. In the end nothing got rid of it. I had to go to sleep at two am with my hands burning like I was Satan's proctologist. Had to wake up at seven and since France is six hours ahead if I don't sleep on the plane I am screwed cause we get there at ten AM their time. If you mess with peppers wear gloves or suffer!!!!
I will see everyone on wednesday when I get back or maybe at the NYFA reading if you can make it.


Todays song of the day is "Non je ne regrette rien" ( No I regret nothing) by Edith Piaf