I went to the beach with my best friend yesterday, and when I returned home the sunburn had finally start to show itself and it’s painful now. Last night after I got home I took a cool shower, which definitely seemed to soothe some of the pain, but waking up this morning was something of a nightmare. The top of my feet are badly burnt, which makes it hard to walk and also to wear any kind of shoes or socks. Work is going to be difficult today.
On top of that, all down the front of my neck—of all places—is particularly bad, and it’s also rather embarrassing because it actually looks like someone attempted to strangle me. And there’s no covering it up, not unless I owned a turtleneck—which I do not; not that I would wear one in this heat anyway.
My abdomen and thighs are really red as well, but they don’t hurt too badly, which is a relief. I’m tempted to call out of work, but being that it’s the holiday weekend and I know the store will be very busy today, I don’t want to cause an inconvenience for my manager.
Guess I’ll have to suck it open and pack a bottle of aloe vera in my bag to use on break. Either way, I have a feeling these six hours at work are going to be quite miserable.
It just seems so selfish and narrow-minded. There are eight billion people on this planet that we live on, and if you’re convinced that you hate everyone then you need to get out and explore the world, open up your mind a little bit and give other people a chance. You’re not perfect either.
