Here is a picture of me grabbing some Western Poison Ivy

I've already blogged about one thing that kind of threw me off my blogging game on my trip to Santa Fe - having my insulin pump break - but the other big thing that derailed me was grabbing onto a big old piece of poison ivy. Here is a picture I took at Bandelier National Monument: iNat is absolutely certain that this is Western Poison Ivy! I'm not familiar with it, myself. I grew up with the poison ivy which grows on the EAST coast of the United States. My hometown poison ivy doesn't have spikey leaves. Since moving to LA, I've also been good at IDing Pacific Poison Oak, which has weird mitten-shaped leaves. So anyway, I processed this photo about a full day after I took it. Getting the CV identification from iNat was a fucking jumpscare. I turned to my husband and said, "Ooookay... looks like I grabbed a bunch of poison ivy in the woods??" I then spent the rest of the week researching how long it takes poison ivy to kick in (usually 48 hours max... but sometimes as long as 7 or 21…