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Jun. 15th, 2014 05:37 amI swear, I have the oddest luck sometimes...
So Mom and I went shopping today. Both Father's Day and her birthday are coming up shortly, and we needed to get a couple of last minute things. Nothing odd about that. We even went an extra town over, so we could go to a couple of shops that we don't visit often. And it was a fruitful trip! We both got the last minute gifts we needed, and I even found some things for myself. I got some manga (Pandora Hearts vol. 20 and Codename Sailor V 1-2), a lunchbox, and I even found the regular sized alicorn!Twilight that I've been hunting for. <3 Then, we stopped to get some groceries and I got to pick out a few yummy things.
So far so good, right? Well, here's the thing. We took my brother's convertible, and we rode with the top down. It was gorgeous out today, so it was good weather for it. Maybe a little too gorgeous. I ended up with sunburns on both shoulders, my upper arms, and a little on my neck. And the kicker? I actually put sunscreen on! We've got a little tube of the stuff stashed in the center console of the convertible, for just this reason. So, shortly after we started, I put some on.
Well, apparently I'm too stupid to manage to work sunscreen correctly. The one we have is kind of like an oversized tube of Chapstick; it's a roll-on type thing. Well, I rolled it on and tried to smear it around. But it clearly didn't work, as I now not only have sunburns, but truly ridiculous looking ones. See, the places where I rolled the sunscreen on didn't burn! So, I have these silly stripes of unburned skin thoughout my sunburns in a vaguely zig-zag pattern, on both arms. =/ Yeah.
And I'm feeling kinda whiny about it. I haven't had a sunburn in years. (I don't do outdoors. I embrace the pasty pale geek stereotype.) So it almost feels worse, simply for not having had one in so long. Realistically, they're not that bad. I've seen much worse on Dad and Rich before. Still. As I am a whiny sort, I am a bit annoyed about it. They burn, and hurt, and itch, and I know that I can't really do anything to them. Dad says that all he's found that helped him (and I got his fair skin) was to just pour cold water over them regularly. So I'm doing that, but it's not much. Bleh.
...So, yeah. That's how much of a dork I am. I don't just sunburn, I get creatively designed sunburns. Geez. XD
So Mom and I went shopping today. Both Father's Day and her birthday are coming up shortly, and we needed to get a couple of last minute things. Nothing odd about that. We even went an extra town over, so we could go to a couple of shops that we don't visit often. And it was a fruitful trip! We both got the last minute gifts we needed, and I even found some things for myself. I got some manga (Pandora Hearts vol. 20 and Codename Sailor V 1-2), a lunchbox, and I even found the regular sized alicorn!Twilight that I've been hunting for. <3 Then, we stopped to get some groceries and I got to pick out a few yummy things.
So far so good, right? Well, here's the thing. We took my brother's convertible, and we rode with the top down. It was gorgeous out today, so it was good weather for it. Maybe a little too gorgeous. I ended up with sunburns on both shoulders, my upper arms, and a little on my neck. And the kicker? I actually put sunscreen on! We've got a little tube of the stuff stashed in the center console of the convertible, for just this reason. So, shortly after we started, I put some on.
Well, apparently I'm too stupid to manage to work sunscreen correctly. The one we have is kind of like an oversized tube of Chapstick; it's a roll-on type thing. Well, I rolled it on and tried to smear it around. But it clearly didn't work, as I now not only have sunburns, but truly ridiculous looking ones. See, the places where I rolled the sunscreen on didn't burn! So, I have these silly stripes of unburned skin thoughout my sunburns in a vaguely zig-zag pattern, on both arms. =/ Yeah.
And I'm feeling kinda whiny about it. I haven't had a sunburn in years. (I don't do outdoors. I embrace the pasty pale geek stereotype.) So it almost feels worse, simply for not having had one in so long. Realistically, they're not that bad. I've seen much worse on Dad and Rich before. Still. As I am a whiny sort, I am a bit annoyed about it. They burn, and hurt, and itch, and I know that I can't really do anything to them. Dad says that all he's found that helped him (and I got his fair skin) was to just pour cold water over them regularly. So I'm doing that, but it's not much. Bleh.
...So, yeah. That's how much of a dork I am. I don't just sunburn, I get creatively designed sunburns. Geez. XD
