I'm not having a great day.

I'm not having a great day.

Made an 87 on my first biology test.  That was WITH being able to use notes for part of it.  Seriously, shoot me now.

Not only that, but here is a thing that's been building for a couple of weeks:  I'm sick.  The sun is trying to kill me.  🙁

Literally - I'm wearing long sleeves and pants, as usual.  I've also been sunblocking my hands and face and neck with SPF 100, but my face and neck are all itching on the left side and my left hand IS BLISTERING UP.  My lips are also slightly sunburned even though I used SPF whatever lip balm.  All of this is from DRIVING and the few minutes it takes me to get from parking lots to inside buildings.  Since I'm going so many places right now I guess it's adding up and I'm not having a chance to feel better before I get more sun.  🙁  I just took some Excedrin Migraine to head off what I have come to know as being sick from too much sun.  I'm itchy, I have a fever and chills, and a terrible headache.  I am miserable and I don't know what to do.

I know this sounds crazy, but just as when I'm around smokers and my face gets itchy I feel that way in the sunlight.  I can feel it on me and trying to get inside me.  I hate it and it makes me want to hide and sometimes I feel like just crying if I can't get away from it.

Shaun bought me gloves last night to drive with and I rode around with my hood on my jacket up today, despite the heat.  I have no A/C in my car (well, I do, but it makes my car run hot and not work, so I can't use it), so that's not super fun.  Shaun mentioned that he saw some cheap window tint at Wal-Mart.  If it blocks UV, I'm buying it.  Aside from that I'm at a loss as to what to do.  I've always been sensitive to the sun, but this is by far the worst I've ever been affected.

If any of you have some clever suggestions as to how I can survive this summer, please tell me what to do.  I know this is probably not normal, but I don't have health insurance anymore, so going to the doctor is not likely going to happen.  Thanks in advance.

This turned out much more subtle than I intended...

This turned out much more subtle than I intended, but overall I'm not mad at it.  This was my first try at a radial gradient and I guess my colors (holo pink and holo purple) were so similar that you almost can't tell them apart.  😕  Also, you can't really see the fade because of the print I stamped on there, so I may as well have saved myself the trouble of sponging the colors on there.  But I didn't, so I guess I got some practice in.  LOL

I'm not usually one to make all of my nails the same, so this is rare.  I think I was too tired to be creative enough to put together a theme.  I just honestly REALLY REALLY wanted to do my nails and try something new.  Mission Accomplished.  😃

Stamps on point thanks to my new stamper - The Big Bling by Clear Jelly Stamper.  If you are new to stamping and having issues with lining up / centering your stamps, or finding a good stamper that picks up well, I'd say definitely give this one a shot.  It's super clear and so squishy that I had a much easier time stamping my entire nail.  My C curve is strong enough that I usually have to roll, and ain't nobody got time for that!

My dad and his other daughter...

My dad and his other daughter - a stray that came to his house and never left. 🙂 Happy Father's Day! ❤

As many of you know it's been a rough year for dad, but he's doing ok, thankfully.

Scooter hasn't been licking the floor since starting his antacid.

Scooter hasn't been licking the floor since starting his antacid. Yay for him feeling a bit better! 😃😃😃

Took my old man back to the vet.

Took my old man back to the vet.  He's been licking the floor and stumbling, and his appetite is disappearing.  🙁

On the bright side he gained 4 lbs so that's great.  I can still feel his spine like there is only skin over it, though.  🙁  I asked the vet if he could have myositis all over and not just on his head, and that could be a possibility - especially with him stumbling now.  Another plus was that his blood work came back great, so that was a huge relief for me.  So, we are sticking with the myositis diagnosis for now.

We are upping his Prednisone to twice daily and he's also got an antacid to see if that helps with the licking.  I really hope he feels better soon.  I hate looking at my puppy and being able to tell that he feels like a pile of turds.  I've been there.  When my arthritis flares up and I can't walk too well I hate life.  I do not want him to feel that way.  🙁

Anyway.  The blood work being ok was a huge chunk of stress off of me.  I'd been worried that they were going to turn up something really bad.  Maybe we can get him eating and walking a little better for now.  I feel like I'd be lost without my Scooter.  I'm not ready to think about what happens if we can't make him better yet.  🙁

There are not enough stickers...

There are not enough stickers on all of Facebook to properly express my excitement right now. MY ORDER NOT ONLY ARRIVED TODAY, BUT IT HAD FREE PLATES IN IT, TOO!!! AND CHECK OUT THAT FUCKING PRECIOUS PACKAGING, OMG. 😳

I'm so excited.

I'm so excited.  (This is nail art stuff, so if you don't care avert your eyeballs now.)  Tomorrow, my new stampers will be delivered.  I can't wait!  Woohoo!  NAIL MAIL!!!  😃😃😃

I've been wanting the super squishy clear stampers for a while now.  The two that I bought from Ali Express a while back are clear and that's cool, but they aren't very squishy and don't always pick up the images well.  My nails have a pretty strong C curve, so I have to roll more rigid stampers across my nails.  That just leaves more room for error, in my opinion.  You are more at risk of distorting your image or breaking the polish altogether if you do it the wrong way.  I know it's JUST nail polish and it's not super important to most people, but once I've invested so much time into a paint job (up to several enjoyable hours, at times), messing up a layer of stamping can really ruin my day.

Anyway.  I've been wanting a clear squishy stamper.  I'd seen these in one of the nail art groups I'm in, but the shipping from Canada was wayyy too expensive and those stampers aren't cheap, either.  But they emailed out a survey recently that gave you a coupon code upon completion and I went for it.  Since shipping was still the same no matter what, I ordered two.  Figured I might as well make the postage worth it.  LOL

So, they should be here tomorrow and I'm pumped!  They are not only clear and squishy, but they come with lids to keep the fuzz off.  One lid is even full of crystals, which does nothing except look pretty, but that's ok with me.  Hopefully, they will work as well as the reviews say they do.  Ahh!  So excited!  😃

https://www.clearjellystamper.com/