Last week I forgot to put on sunscreen while I stained a deck in direct sunlight. My pasty-white skin turned BRIGHT red, but I’ve been really good about taking care of it for the past 5 days. I put this aloe gel on it 3-4 times a day and made sure I wasn’t going to peel.
Last night I was thinking that I should buy some decaf coffee because sometimes I want coffee, but I don’t want the caffeine.
Today I went out on a painting job with Mom. We had a lot of scraping and patching to complete, so I was working on an area of the ceiling. As the dust fell from the ceiling onto my arms I noticed that there was something weird going on. At first I thought it might be a rash, then I thought it might be hives, then I realized that my arm was covered in teeny tiny blisters.
I can only assume it’s an allergic reaction. You can thank me later for not posting a picture. It doesn’t hurt, but it itches like mad. I can’t touch it because they keep popping. It looks gross and it feels gross and probably it means that no matter what I did before, now it’s gonna peel. My mother, who was also working in the same area, with the same dust falling on her had no skin reaction. Blah. And I have an interview tomorrow… I’m not sure if I should bandage it or just wear long sleeves.
But, then, my day got better. I got home and there were free coffee samples in the mail – enough for 14 cups. Sure, it’s instant coffee, which is not my preference, but there’s decaf and it’s coffee. At least the day wasn’t an entire wash.