Tortilla Soup

I usually never make soup. Why, mainly because Shawn doesn't believe its a meal and since he's the one that eats the most at our house I try and make things he'll eat so our food doesn't go bad.  Well yesterday I tried making tortilla soup.  I've been wanting to try a particular recipe for a while and since Shawn was working that night I thought hey why not, that and it looked way easy.  Turns out it is very easy to make however I have never cooked with jalapenos before and didn't really know how to handle them.  I thought  hey I'll just wash my hands after I cut them up and I'll be fine.  I have never been so wrong in my entire life!  I cut them up washed my hands thinking I was in the clear and then put my hands on my face.  About 2 minutes later it felt like the flesh was melting off my face.  Seriously I thought my face was on FIRE! I asked (yelled) up to Shawn to look up how to neutralize the burning on my face and he came up with several solutions, non of which really worked.  I kid you not people I rubbed ice cream, and corn syrup on my face I was so desperate.  It was quite a sight.  So I then called the only person I knew for a fact had cooked frequently with those nasty little peppers, Shady.  Thankfully she told me to try making a baking soda paste and putting that on, so I did and walked around my house with paste on my face for a while.  Now I don't know if it was that or all the other things I had tried combined but it finally felt like my face wasn't burning off anymore.  Thank you Shady, and now I know never to chop jalapenos without gloves.  Oh and the soup turned out good but so spicy the kids will only eat it with about a pound of cheese and chips on it and Shawn hasn't even tried it.  Its really too spicy for my liking but I don't want to waste all that food.  Stupid soup I'm never making it again!