I just noticed a couple of days ago that I was getting a cold sore. My thoughts on that were, “Of course! It’s almost my birthday & I wanted to look halfway decent for my party.” Hopefully it’ll be history by the time my party happens, though, since that isn’t until the 23rd. But honestly, it never seems to fail. Anytime I’m really looking forward to something I either end up with a huge cold sore or a horrible acne breakout. Every time.

I usually get cold sores in the summer if I let my lips get sunburned or chapped, so I try to avoid that, especially right before faire. One year, my face was peeling horribly AND I had two huge cold sores, I felt like a had a horrible disease & people kind of looked at me that way, too. That had to be the worst faire for me, I think. So, anyway, I did let my lips gets chapped, I was somewhat dehydrated after being sick & I knew it would probably happen. Tomorrow? Buying Abreeva.