Maybe not allergic in the I could die sense, but my onion and garlic reactions have become increasingly harsher and harsher. Of course I love the taste of garlic and I don’t mind eating onions but when I do…I wake up in the middle of the night with a headache and feverish feeling. Not chilled or sweating but I feel this weird hotness, like it is right under my skin and trying to get out. It takes me a while to get back to sleep and when I finally do, it is a restless one.

This was tested last night. I made 親子どん (oyako donburi…I think that is right…translates to “parent & child rice bowl” so….bowl of rice with cooked chicken/egg on top) and the recipe calls for a lot of onion. Had a horrible sleep and I still feel off this morning. Had the hot skin crawly feeling while I was jogging.

This reaction makes no sense and it is only in the past few years that they have been like this. I tried to find information on onion/garlic and insomnia but in my shallow search only came across some blurbs about onions being a remedy for insomnia…to smell a cut onion before falling asleep and leaving it on your nightstand. No - not quite me.

Ugh I am tired and I think I might be the only person…oh no…there are 2-3 others in the office right now. Most people are on holidays or away at a forum. The weekend, when it comes, will be nice. On Saturday I go to a wedding party and on Sunday, a workshop on creativity. The wedding will be interesting and the workshop well…I don’t know what we will do but I was told to wear clothes that are okay to dirty and I like the sound of that.

Currently I have a puffed wheat square craving after reading Jen talk about them. Had not thought about them in the longest time and realized that I have not seen them here. Could they possibly be a Canadian delicacy? Tried to search Wikipedia for them and no…is there another term? I might have to find the ingredients, make them, share, and then write a Wikipedia article (it would be my first).