the sky ball of burns

Last week, I met up with someone who had spent a bunch of time in the sun and got sunburn. I, in all my "suck it" glory talked about how I rarely ever get sunburns and almost never wear suntan lotion. I should have known better than to tempt fate. Over the weekend, I went running in the woods, then had a cookout and then the next day spent 4-5 hours in the sun interpreting. Of course I ended up getting a bit of a burn. just a small one, In like 2 days it was a nice tan. Still sucked though. I guess I ramped up a bit too much too fast. Heck,  when a whole bunch of friends and I went to Jamaica, I didn't wear any til like 6 days in (and only after we went out on a boat all day for fishing and I got burned to a crisp) and was perfectly fine. 2 days in the NE sun burns me? Dear skin... get with it. Summer hasn't even started. We got a lot of abuse ahead of you.