I was 11 or so, on holiday, went horseback riding wearing shorts and thin socks. They set up my stirrups too low and as I held on to the saddle for dear life, one stirrup kept bouncing on my ankle for the entire afternoon.

My thighs chafed pretty bad, and I got an open wound on my ankle about the size of those souvenir pressed oval coins. I don’t know what my dad was thinking, but he treated my wound with some cream and then wrapped my whole calf in plastic wrap every day for about a week.

The wound turned into an ulcer, I couldn’t walk without limping. I had all these little pockets of pus on the edges which my dad had me squeeze to try and make them smaller. It did nothing except be painful.

I eventually went home to my mom - a nurse - who took one look at my leg and rushed me to a doctor.

The doctor then proceeded to vigorously clean my wound before dressing it. It felt like hot barbed wire, that really sucked.

I still have the oval scar on my ankle.

I’ve said it elsewhere, but if you have a seafood allergy and are considering eating bugs, you may get an allergic reaction from them as well.

Our bodies may think they’re similar enough. People with a seafood allergy are likely to have a reaction to bugs as well.

Batmaaaan

I think we should stop calling it winter and summer time because it’s swaying people wrong. Because of course we hate short, dark and cold days and we love long, warm, bright evenings. We love the summer, therefore if we choose summer time it feels like it’ll be summer all year long.

But the reality is that (at least where I live) winter time is closer to the sun time and would be preferable in all aspects.

Have you seen Babe? That’s where that quote is from originally

Oooh I might look into that once my 3310 dies

Do mending so the car fixes itself every time you hit a pedestrian

We were a small team canvassing for a nonprofit. So we would go out to markets and busy areas and talk to people all day trying to get donations.

Well one time we were out during election times and this guy from our team spent the majority of the day campaigning for a local candidate. That was his last day on the team.

I would also recommend Doctor Sleep if you haven’t seen it. It’s a wonderful sequel/tribute to the Shining and so, so dark.

All I think of is this now

Thanks, I ended up going with “wealthy overseas relative who I have to report to”

This is roughly what I went with. I also kept it vague

That’s how it felt the entire visit

Thanks for the suggestions, I did ask about those. The agent had no idea but it made me sound more legit. Also, I posted an update!

Just posted a update!

Thanks for your advice. This helped me feel less nervous about the visit. I did stay vague but friendly when he asked me personal questions.

Thanks, I wrote down all your questions in my notebook. Turns out everything has to be redone so that was easy. This house is definitely a money pit. But if I had infinite money, I would totally restore it.

Just posted a update (no video though)!

Yes, overseas relative was the story I went with. It also allowed me to justify taking a bunch of photos.