Been burned for over a week

Last Sunday (I didn't get around to posting then), my brand turned one week old! Hooray!

Now, after a week of only mild discomfort, it's starting to get more constantly "ache-y." I find myself needing to sleep on either my stomach or my left side (normally, I sleep on my back, but that puts too much weight on my burned ass).
Yesterday, when I took the bandages off in the morning, small sections of scabbing stuck and came off, which made 2 of the circles start to bleed just a little.
It's still not awful, pain-wise, but it's definitely tender. It also sucks when my friends forget about it and smack me in the butt. I've already had one friend offer a verbal contract, "You may punch me in the penis one time," after ass-slapping me pretty hard, right..on..my...brand. Ouch. I probably won't punch his penis, but it was very thoughtful of him to offer :-)

Now for some pictures! (from Sunday: the first day of week #2)

I just got out of the shower and had my camera ready to get some pictures. I thought it might be cool to get some pictures of ash rubs - 2 un-ashed, 2 ashed. Look at that dank-ass-burn.
3 ashed, one to go. This process burns. I almost took some pictures of the faces I made, but I didn't really want to post pictures of my face and my ass on the same blog. I mean, this is the internet we're talking about! You never know who might see!
But yeah.
There's muh hand, ready to rub some ashes into the 4th burn.



And, finally, all bandaged up and ready for bed.... I've been using non-adhering bandages with either neosporin or this burn gel that the athletic trainer gave me, stuck on with athletic tape.
But even the non-adhering bandages sometimes stick...and draw out some of the ash.
I'll need to collect some more ash soon, but I figure it'll be alright if I don't ash for a day or two.
Today = Day 9