JUST LIKE A BEACON

Holy crap! The new Epi-pen is frickin' ginormous! Damn!

(For those who don't know, an Epi-pen is an "epinephrine injector" which basically means it's a huge-ass needle that I use to jab myself with should I start suffering some violent food allergy reaction. It's supposed to buy me a little time to get to a hospital.)

So I go to the drug store to refill my Epi-pen prescription and I'm thinking, whew! finally got that out of the way! because my last 'pen had expired about a month ago. I get home, open the familiar orangey box, and out comes this jackhammer of a device. I'm thinking, oh, neat, they just added some extra packaging for shipping. Then I take a second look and gasp in horror that it really is the 'pen! No!!!! I mean, the circumference of the tube is about the size of a quarter (yes), and the length of it is 6 inches long. 6 inches!!! Oh, and did I mention that it has the bright orange cap on the protective sheath? Yeah, it's so big and bright and orange it could be a beacon to hail low-flying airplanes.

This barely fits in my purses now! Damn! I have all these cute little purses and that means either I'll have to find a smaller wallet or carry less things. (I mean, what girl couldn't live without her iPod, celly, lip balm, eyeliner, headphones, bus pass, breath mints, pen, etc. I mean, c'mon! Grr!