I Was Chillin Like a Villian at the Beach until.....

Little Eric was stung by a jelly fish.
That day there were a lot of people getting stung by jellyfishes. We were there with some friends and every time we saw somebody (usually kids) come out of the water we figured that they got stung. We would make the kids get out and play on the beach hoping that the jellyfish would pass on by. Evidently, 10 days after a full moon, on the west coast of the island, jellyfish are found everywhere. It was like day 14. (Reading this makes me sound like a bad mom - I guess I should have gotten him out of the water and not let him go back in. Oh well...... :)~ )
Just as somebody else got stung, I got up to tell little Eric to get out of the water. As he was getting out he was brushing his hand. He said that there was something on it. As soon as he said that he just started crying. I looked at his hand and sure enough he got stung. You could see where the barnacles stung him. He was a trooper. After a few minutes he was fine. We haven't been back to the beach since it happened so I don't know how he will react. I doubt though that it will make him afraid. The kid loves the beach too much. Now he just has a great story to tell.