My Eyes are ON FIRE!!!

This morning I made Jalapeno Bagels for

breakfast. During the school

year the kids read a story

about Jalapeno Bagels. They

were dying to try them. To surprise them, I woke up

early and made some.

I carefully cut the jalapeno peppers, and then

even more carefully washed the

oil off of my fingers. Everything seemed fine.

My hands weren't hurting, I made it through all of the steps

to make the bagels, and then went to take a shower.

I was washing my face, when all of a sudden

there was a hot, searing pain in my eyes.

MY FINGERS WERE ON FIRE! Not

literally on fire, but if they had been at least I was in the shower.

Anyway, I had jalapeno oil still on them.

I thought I was going to die. After blindly flailing around, I was

able to get out of the shower, wash my hands again, stumble to

the computer to type in "removing pepper oil from hands".

There were almost a million (again not literally) cures for

pepper oil on fingers. I tried almost all of them.

I soaked my hands in milk, washed them with sugar, caked

them in baking soda, poured rubbing alcohol and then lemon

juice all over them. If I had Rum I would of tried

that remedy too. Not sure if you were supposed to drink the Rum or

pour it on the skin, maybe both.

Anyway, nothing worked. My hands were on fire.

They finally don't hurt as much, but I can't get them anywhere near

my eyes. At least the bagels are delicious.

The kids loved them.

Oh the things I do to bring a smile to their faces.