Two Down

Mommy,

Okay so first of all, we went to Urgent Care yesterday morning with Alex. She napped for the hour and fifteen minutes we waited mixed in with all the other sick people and then we waited for a half hour in the little exam room. Maybe I stole some bandaids and stuff, whatever - it was a very long wait.

When the doctor came in he looked at me, at Al, then back at me and asked, "Where's your mother?" When I said she's not here he shook his head, "I don't do kids." My WiseAss Syndrome always hits at the worst times - I put on this fake, shocked look and said "I hope not!" and he turned all red and gave me a dirty look.

So I talked him into figuring out what's wrong with Alex despite our momlessness, and he ordered a throat culture and we'll know Monday if she has strep. If she does have strep, I'll bet money she contracted it in that germy waiting room.

While we were at the doctor, Adeela called to see if I wanted to go tanning with her - she had a free pass for a friend and because I've never gone I said yes. Everybody else always goes to Florida or Mexico and comes back with a tan. So I dumped Alex at home and grabbed my bathing suit and ran to meet her. It didn't occur to me to ask Adeela WHY she had a freebie session.

Yeah, so I got really badly burned. I am in excruciating pain. My arms and right hand and face and part of my chest are all burned. When I came out Adeela looked at me with an awful look on her face and was like, "That's NOT supposed to happen." The girl working there offered me ... what else? Of course, a free pass to come back. No. Fucking. Way.

I will be pale for the rest of my life - it's way better than being bright red and giving myself skin cancer. I am never going tanning again in my life until I die. When I got home Dani was trying to help by putting aloe vera on me but I screamed when she touched me and she couldn't do it anymore.

This hurts so fucking badly I can't even tell you. Last night I couldn't eat dinner because the thought of hot food was awful - I had an ice pop for dinner and just went to bed. Every time I moved in my sleep the pain woke me up.

When we got to our fire family's house for dinner tonight (and Alex is VERY angry that we went to do something fun without her) the wife took one look at me and whisked me into the bathroom. So now I have Burt's Bees moisturizer with aloe too. She told me to keep that and the aloe vera in the refrigerator - the cold will feel good. So I am, and she's right - the cold does feel good.

I'm sure tomorrow Dani will break her leg or step on a rusty nail or something.

Love your very lobster-like daugher,
Sam