>>1626746>age 3-4(?)>summer, dressed only in 80s short shorts>with cousins in the woods swinging on grapevines like morons>have a grand old time swinging like 50 feet out over a steep hill>have an amazing time>find out later that one of the big vines was actually an ancient poison ivy vine>next day me and 6 of my cousins and their friends all have head to toe poison ivy>spend the next 4 days in a tub of comfy tea swollen and crying>age 6>summer, dressed only in 80s short shorts>fishing along a big stream that has sand bars on my side>wade through weeds that are a foot taller or more than I am>get past half way point of the weeds and start feeling the stinging burn>covered head to toe in nettle burns>proceed to roll around in the mud for the next half hour cryingSince then I've made cordage out of nettles, eat them regularly, and turned one poison ivy plant into a bonsai.
