Ow, Ow, OW!
Okay, I am officially in more pain than I have ever experienced … this is worse than labour.
I went out this morning to finish replanting the flowerbed alongside the driveway, and I got really caught up in what I was doing. I started at 9 this morning, and came in at 2:30. It wasn’t until I got in the shower that I realised what I’d done to myself: I wore a sleeveless shirt to work in, and worked through the blazing noon hours. As a result of my abysmal stupidity, I now have a vicious sunburn on both of my shoulders, with my left shoulder being significantly more burnt than my right, as my left side faced east all morning.
So I have spent the afternoon battling sun-sickness and slathering non-oily moisturiser on the sunburn. Until they changed the formula, Oil of Olay was the best thing for sunburn. If you put it on the burn, it would heal overnight. Today, I am using another brand, but a similar formula. The important thing is that it be a non-greasy moisturiser, as you don’t want to turn your dry burn into a grease burn. I may try a honey pack later, when the kids are in bed. I think I read somewhere that honey is good for burns.
But the flowerbed looks GREAT!