molting

Well, in the week since my sunburn, I have had what could be considered BURNS, as I was glowing red for about three days, and then my shoulder turned all hard and leathery for a few more days before the first three layers or so of skin started sloughing off, revealing bright pink new skin underneath. Gross. That phase of my molting has finished, and now just the very top layer of skin is peeling off my arms. I don't feel quite so itchy or disgusting anymore.

What was funny is that only a few days afterwards, I went back to Gillette because Dad's shop was holding their summer picnic, and I had the day off. When Dad and Mom each got home, they asked, "Where did you get that horrible burn?" because they didn't believe I'd gotten ALL of that sun from the mere 3.5 hours spent outside with them at Cook Lake.

Aaron and I finally had an afternoon off together this weekend that I didn't nap away, so we went to Rapid City for something to do. He had a gift certficate to Red Lobster, so we ate dinner there, and then were going to go to a movie. By the time we made it to the theatre, they were already starting their 7:30pm showing, the mall was closed, and we didn't want to hang out in my car in Rapid City for 2 hours 'til the next movie showing, so we drove back to Spearfish with enough time to change clothes (it was getting cooler outside), and head over to the local theatre to see X-men 3. All in all, okay movie, but pretty dark and dreary. Good special effects, though, as always, but a strong lacking in the new character developmental part of the movie.

Then I was invited out to see Superman Returns by Henry, one of Aaron's good friends, and some other of Aaron's friends, so that was pretty nice of them, especially since Aaron's still at work and I would have been bored outta my skull all night long. That movie was also good, but I had nothing to compare it to because I've never seen a Superman movie, only watched the TV show with Dean Cain and Terri Hatcher. The Adventures of Lois and Clark, or something like that.

It's kind of weird that I've seen two movies in the last week, when I can't even remember the last movie I went to see. I saw Harry Potter in November, and Aaron swears we saw something else after that, but I can't remember what it was for the life of me, so it can't have been that important. Also, Pirates of the Caribbean is coming out next Friday, and I think we're going to go see that the following Sunday, as long as Aaron still has that day off. That will be a lot of fun, as well, I think.

Not much else going on in my life right now, just working on picking up the apartment a little, getting some things done around the house, and keeping myself entertained while home alone.

Until next time!