Well, thanks to a glaring side effect of one of the meds I am, this bear got sunburned pretty bad while lounging at a local swimming pool this afternoon. Basically, the entire top half of my body received a pretty hefty burn after being out in the sun for only 2 hours. My wonderful dragon (after receiving a little bit of ribbing from him) rubbed a liberal amount of aloe vera with lidocaine all over my shoulders, neck and arms after I took a cold shower to cool down. (My skin was apparently radiating heat in the affected areas.)

I've taken some ibuprofen, had a nice dinner, and am sitting at my computer trying to maintain consciousness. I assure you, I am ok. Minor bit of sun poisoning. I should be ok in a few days.

BTW- To make matters worse, the employment contract I was working, was cancelled without any warning last Thursday afternoon, so it looks like I'm an unemployed bear again.