Health

I was constantly getting poison ivy on my forearms. Not because I spent any time anywhere near the plants but because my dogs and cats meandered through them, then I would hold/cuddle them and it would transfer to my skin.

I became weirdly sensitive after a lot of that. Right now if I stick my arms into any kind of growing green shrub or bush (boxwood, hydrangeas, etc.), I break out in hives on my arms. If I sit in grass and it touches my skin, same deal. Not nearly as terrible as poison oak or ivy, an ice cube takes the hives down within minutes, but kind of a pain in the butt arms.