Over the weekend I had a yard sale with Faith, a friend of mine. It was such a beautiful day that I thought nothing of getting a sunburn. Boy was I wrong.
After packing everything up and heading home for a little family cookout my shoulders began to burn a little.
“Oh, it will go in,” I said to myself, because usually I just brown.
HA! The joke was on me. As the night wore on and the sun began to go down I realized that I had made a horrible mistake by not putting on sunscreen. My arms were burnt, my shoulders, the back of my neck and even my lips.
I couldn’t lean back on the couch because my neck would hit the material. I could hardly stand the excruciating pain that came from my shirt touching my skin.
It was an awful night.
I tossed and turned and finally ended up sleeping sitting straight up on the couch. All the while my husband was slumbering and snoring away. It just wasn’t fair that here I sat, looking like a scorched beet, and he was enjoying having the entire king size bed all to himself.
Even though I was sleep deprived and tomato red, I knew that I couldn’t blame him for the pain I was in. So I put some aloe on my shoulders and neck and walked to the kitchen. On my To Do list I wrote in big, black letters, BUY STRONG SUNSCREEN ASAP!
Now, if only I don’t forget my list the next time I go shopping everything will work out just fine.
Column published 4-23-09 in Citizen Voice & Times
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