After spending all morning in the sun for our end of the year celebration, the teachers pulled everything out of the bully barn to clean and organize. Basically I spent the majority of the day out in the sun. At some point I realized my neck felt really, really hot. So I went and put some sunscreen on it. Later, I realized, "Wow, I should have put sunscreen on my face and arms too." So I did. No matter though. By the end of the day I was bright red. And had a really funny line on my arm since my shirt sleeves came to just above my elbows. It lasted (and peeled) for a few weeks.
Today Carissa and I got Subway for lunch then went to sit at Porter Park to eat and enjoy the sunshine. We sat there chatting for 3 hours! We watched Carissa tan the entire time, and when it was time to leave we were both laughing about how I didn't even have so much as a tiny line from my shorts. It's totally ridiculous that I believed the sun did absolutely nothing to me. I should have learned my lesson from the sun already this year. Hours later I was so excited that my legs were a little pink! Joshua just laughed because normally when people say they got color they don't mean they turned pink. I'm not so excited about it anymore. . . .
This picture doesn't quite do it justice. The top/inside quarter of both of my legs got BURNED! Luckily my arms were saved by the fact that I wore a jacket the majority of the time. Seriously, it hurts to let my legs touch each other. And they're a tiny bit prickly so it's even worse.
Consider my lesson learned. Joshua suggested I carry a little sunscreen in my purse for days that I don't think to put it on before going out. I think that's a brilliant idea!
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