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Once upon a time at almost exactly my current kid's age, my scout troop took a 3-day beach trip.

Day One about took me out; I did apply sunscreen but didn't know to reapply it (nor to areas under the edges of the suit), and after ~8hrs in the ocean minus brief meal breaks, I was literaphorically cooked. Didn't know it til we got back to the house and I tried to take a shower. I was badly sick that night onward and woke up with my whole entire chest as one big blister.

But our Responsible Adult Troop Leader didn't care, and didn't know what 'sun poisoning' was (pre-smartphones, pre-google) and insisted we didn't drive all those hours to sit in a rented room, and made me 'at least come sit under the umbrella' the last day. And when I got home, gma was a little peeved Karen didn't know shit abt fuck, slapped some aloe on it and told me not to mess with it and I was otherwise on my own. Pain management who's she? Extensive scar tissue, don't mind if I do.

With my own kiddo? Doc appt within 24 hrs, immediate and ongoing first aid, curtains closed NO sun, constant hydration, pain care, dignity care, hygiene assistance, dressing changes, snacks on rotation, Non-Stop Yes Day ('mama can we play Minecraft/Roblox/Stardew finally 🥺' y'know what yes. Yes we can baby you pick), HIS meds taken on-time at all costs, pillow adjustment, etc etc. poor kid's whole back and arms are bubbly and crispy, he can't do much other than just sit, still can't even wear a full shirt (I converted one of wifey's hospital gowns from her surgery) so I've regressed over a whole decade to like full-on "sleep when they sleep" Mama Mode.

I take my lessons from my own childhood of how not to parent and try to just, uh, Do The Opposite. I also unfortunately have emotional dysregulation and executive dysfunction issues, and so tend to go to the opposite extreme of helicopter-y in a Crisis. And in the shuffle I went off my own meds ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ I'm not very good at juggling but I continue to try, this was just. a bit of a Boulder dropped into my rotation. Our virtual farms are thriving tho

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Also I would like to note the Walgreens brand aloe vera "with added lidocaine and menthol" FUCKING SUCKS and is COUNTERPRODUCTIVE and the first fucking ingredient is DENATURED ALCOHOL, FOR SOME FUCKING REASON and made shit SO MUCH WORSE AND MORE PAINFUL until we realized what was going on and got some regular plain aloe gel, and THEN we started seeing improvement. The first shit was drying him out worse and making it blister harder, why the fuck does aloe-flavored rubbing alcohol even exist

IM NOT DEAD, SORRY our kid went swimming at a friend's all day Sunday and sunblock was apparently hit-or-miss bc he got HELLA burned to the point of sun poisoning and bad blisters down his back, and I've been in emergency mode ever since bc he can barely move or sleep. And then I blinked and it was fucking Thursday??????

But he's okay and it's gonna be ok! Doc has been consulted and I've been diligently attending with water and aloe vera and antibiotic ointment and cool compresses and propping him up in the recliner so he can nap. My poor baby 😭 I wish I could switch places with him, I've experienced it myself and would gladly do so again if it would help but uggghhh all we can do is try and keep him comfortable and Moist

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IM NOT DEAD, SORRY our kid went swimming at a friend's all day Sunday and sunblock was apparently hit-or-miss bc he got HELLA burned to the point of sun poisoning and bad blisters down his back, and I've been in emergency mode ever since bc he can barely move or sleep. And then I blinked and it was fucking Thursday??????

But he's okay and it's gonna be ok! Doc has been consulted and I've been diligently attending with water and aloe vera and antibiotic ointment and cool compresses and propping him up in the recliner so he (we lol) can nap. My poor baby 😭 I wish I could switch places with him, I've experienced it myself and would gladly do so again if it would help but uggghhh all we can do is try and keep him comfortable and Moist

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this heat is a homophobic hate crime

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NEVER GIVE UP

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and you get a little heart <3 and you get a little heart <3 and you get a little heart <3

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obligatory post today

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Just saw even the Proud Boys are threatening to pull their support over this, not to mention MTG et al. Almost panpartisan, no one wants this

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Took my kid to his first Pride Parade as a community member 👍 it was AWESOME and he was SO HAPPY and we are COVERED IN GLITTER and his friends are jealous lol. but think I got a lil bit of heat stroke and the walk was killer even with my cane and I have been miserably uncomfortable ever since. Absolutely worth it tho 10/10 would suffer again

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My mom left an eviction notice for the carpenter bees burrowing into our porch

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quick did-u-know just for funsies this is still the most downvoted comment on Reddit ever, EA's official response to player concerns re: Battlefront II's paywall for characters like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker through loot box schemes.

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fuck you (runs your cast iron pan through a dishwasher cycle)

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me reading the tags people put in my notifications

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Post-canon, somewhere in a Rivaini inn, Lucanis sees more of "Rook" than he thought possible <3

Background/headcanons under the cut for context:

Background:

- Lydia Laidir, born into slavery in the Imperium, was inadvertently freed when the ship she was serving on was attacked by the Felicisma Armada, and eventually taken in by Isabela and the Lords of Fortune. Isabela gave her the affectionate nickname "Rook(ie)", and in a effort to cope with her upbringing she sought to reinvent herself under this new name. Overtime, the name Lydia became an extremely personal aspect to her, and by the time of Veilguard the only people who know her real name are Isabela and Anders (her magical mentor), and she goes by Rook exclusively to everyone else, even her partner Lucanis.

Headcanons:

- After the events of Veilguard, Spite stops reflecting Lucanis and instead takes the form of a cat (credit for this galaxy brained hc goes to @/ravioliage)

- As a mage growing up in Rivain and mentored by Anders and Justice, Lydia has learned to hear Spite in a similar way to Emmrich 💜 This makes many situations both more and less awkward.

- Shortly after the events of Veilguard, Lydia was able to pair Lucanis with a baby wyvern of his own, who he named Dolce (credit for the name goes to @/iisadiya), and when there isn't a pen outside or there's bad weather, she curls up on whatever furniture the inn provides in their room and absolutely destroys it with her claws and venom <3 Lydia and Lucanis have, on multiple occasions, had to soothe a very distressed innkeeper and pay a small fortune in damages 😔

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OK, so I found this on Facebook, and I don't know if anyone else has posted this here, but I'm posting it here because it might just save a life. Reblog to save a life.