Indian Summer. Three Days. The Jar After the Shower.
Three festival days on cement and asphalt in the heat. Hips felt it. Shower first, then Jim’s on the lower half. Monday I could still do another day.
Festival weekend in Carpinteria. Indian summer. Hot, long hours, festival food, cement and asphalt under your feet the whole time.
The body felt it all the way to the hips.
Night one I showered first. That matters. Hot water opens things up. Then a layer of Jim’s on the lower half — not a spa routine, a reset. Shower opened the pores. DMSO did the rest of the walking. CBD went with it.
I woke up in pretty good shape. Not “new knees.” Good enough to do it again.
California Avocado Festival, 40th year — Oct. 2–4, 2026, downtown Carpinteria
The method that held
Before the shift: feet and knees.
After the shower, before bed: the lower half again.
That’s the extra-at-night move, used on a festival clock. A little goes a long way. Clean skin. Thin layer. Let the carrier work while you’re horizontal.
Today is Monday. I could do another day. It’s still hot out. That’s the scoreboard.
Free street festival on Linden Avenue, between Carpinteria Avenue and 6th Street. Theme: Peace, Love & Guacamole. Run as a nonprofit; proceeds and grants go to groups including the Carpinteria Education Foundation and FFA. Organizers expected a huge weekend — public estimates ran from the tens of thousands up toward 75,000–80,000.
What this is
Not a heat protocol. Not a hip study. Three days on a hard surface in Indian summer, a jar that was already in the bag, and a body that showed up Monday.
Jim’s is CBD + DMSO so it doesn’t sit on the surface. THC-free. The shower is the setup. The cream is the closer.
Turn the light on. Keep the jar close. Same idea, different weekend.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or injury. One weekend is not a clinical result. For topical use only.
Three days of music: 60+ bands across four stages (Main, Seal, Grotto, Youth). Names on the bill included Doublewide Kings, Cornerstone, False Puppet, Spencer the Gardener, Redfish, and Ian Cochran on the Grotto stage after the guacamole contest. Alan Parsons judged the guac contest and stayed to watch.
I Missed the Step. Then I Went for Jim’s
Half asleep. Patio light off. Missed the step. Forearm took the door edge.
First thought was Jim’s — last big bottle, couple pumps, extra at night.
Woke up tender, less wrecked. Two days later it’s a bruise I can live with. Daily life kept going.
Half asleep. Phone in my hand. Patio light off. Stepped out toward the garage, missed the step in the dark, stumbled.
Caught myself. Forearm found the edge of the door instead.
Throb. Immediate.
First thought wasn’t ice. Wasn’t the light switch I should’ve hit. First thought was Jim’s.
I’m down to the last big bottle. Couple pumps on the forearm. Let it sit.
The method I actually use now
Extra at night.
Not a ceremony. A heavier pass before bed so it’s on while you’re horizontal instead of using the arm. I woke up still tender — not that hot, injured, don’t-touch-it feeling. Sore. Functional. Daily life didn’t get cancelled.
Two days later I’m looking at a small bruise. That’s the leftover. Not the whole arm running the house.
I’m not writing a study. I’m writing a dark patio, a door frame, and the jar that was already in reach.
Why that was the first thought
Because this is what the bottle is for in real life.
Not a marble counter. A missed step. CBD + DMSO so it doesn’t just sit on the skin. THC-free. Last big bottle, so you notice when you’re low.
The patio light is still the smarter move. Jim’s is what you grab when you didn’t make the smarter move.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any injury. One person’s night and next morning is not a clinical result. For topical use only.
Day 3: I Dropped Ed at the Airport Shuttle
Heavy pass of Jim’s on his back. Backpack on. Carry-on on. Walked to the shuttle. Sleep, a meal, a massage, and the jar. I think we did our job.
Just dropped Ed at airport pickup.
Heavy helping of Jim’s on his back before he got out. Not a dab. A real pass. Then he put a backpack on. Then the carry-on. Then he walked himself over to the shuttle spot.
That’s the whole scoreboard.
Day 1 he woke up on the lounge and the hallway was a negotiation. Day 2 he was walking at a 7. Day 3 he loaded his own gear and went to the curb.
What got him there
No movie montage.
Sleep.
A good meal.
An evening massage.
Jim’s Relief 1000 on the back — CBD + DMSO, THC-free, the jar that was already in the house.
We didn’t put him on a plane with a miracle. We put him on his feet with enough mobility to wear the bags and make the shuttle.
I think we did our job. The lounge chair can keep the first night. It doesn’t get the airport.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or injury. One person’s travel morning is not a medical result. For topical use only.
Day 2: Ed’s Walking. The Clock Is Still Loud.
Yesterday the lounge chair won. Today Ed’s walking — pain at a 7, down from a 9. Evening massage with Jim’s Relief 1000. Flight’s still coming. Gotta get him back in the game.
Day 1 was the lounge chair and a man who could barely negotiate the hallway.
Day 2 he’s walking around.
Not pretty. Not “back in the gym.” Walking. He put the morning at a 7. Yesterday was a 9. That’s the only scoreboard that matters tonight.
Flight still wants him. So the job tonight is simple: keep him moving, keep the back from locking back up, get him closer to travel-ready.
The evening plan
No ice bath theater. No lecture.
Ed gets an evening massage with Jim’s Relief 1000 — medium size. Pure CBD cream. DMSO in the mix so it doesn’t just sit on the surface. THC-free.
Hands on the back. Thin layers. Let it work while he stays in the house and not on that lounge.
Gotta get him back in the game. That’s it.
What Day 2 actually looks like
Day 2 is not a commercial.
It’s a Marine who slept wrong on outdoor furniture, made it through one night, and can now walk the room at a 7 instead of living at a 9. Bathroom trips are not a project anymore. Sitting down is not a negotiation with a referee.
He still has a plane to catch. A 7 still hurts. We are not pretending otherwise.
Jim’s stays out. Medium jar. Enough for another pass tonight and another in the morning if he needs it.
The lounge chair already had its moment. It doesn’t get a sequel.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or injury. Pain levels described are one person’s report. For topical use only.
I Handed My Boss Jim’s Before the Event Started
Some people pack extra radios. I packed Jim’s.
My boss’s hands were already a mess before doors — cracked, angry eczema and a long event ahead. So I put a jar in his hand at the start, not at hour ten.
No speech. Just: use this early. Wash. Dry. Thin layer. Get back on the radio.
Jim’s is CBD + DMSO for fast absorption and deeper penetration. THC-free. Built for comfort where you put it — not a cream that sits on the surface.
I handed my boss Jim’s and hoped his hands would last the day.
Some people show up with extra radios.
I showed up with Jim’s.
My boss has bad eczema on his hands. Event days make it worse — sanitizer, gloves, dust, wash stations, no break. So before the schedule ate us, I put a jar of Jim’s CBD cream in his hand.
No speech. Just: use this early. Keep it on you.
I wanted it on him at the start, not after his hands were already wrecked at hour ten.
Jim’s is a strong CBD + DMSO combo for rapid absorption and deeper skin penetration. Formulated to support comfort where you apply it — not to sit on the surface. THC-free. No added drugs.
Wash. Dry. Thin layer. Let it settle. Get back on the radio.
I handed my boss Jim’s and hoped his hands would last the event.