Post by gagagirl on May 17, 2014 23:13:06 GMT -5
Ok...we've ALL been there whether we like to admit it or not. The wretched sunburn!! I thought it would be an interesting thread to share funny or horror stories when the sun has gone beyond giving us a tan! Who knows, we might learn where and when to put on sunscreen during situations we might not think of, like me....
I was at an air show at Andrews Air Force base a few years back. They always have it the weekend before Memorial Day. It was perfect weather...not a cloud in the sky and in the 80s. I hadn't been outside much that spring so when I decided to wear a tank top and capris I of course put on sunscreen since I knew I'd be outside most of the morning and all afternoon. I slathered up my arms, shoulders, face and even put some on the part of my hair. I grabbed my camera, sunglasses, threw on some flip flops, and we were on our way.
Silly me...I never thought about there being NO shade there. It should've been obvious...kinda hard to land a plane with a bunch of trees and bushes around. And duh, kinda hard to watch an AIR SHOW from inside a tent. Of course it's easier to land on a nice flat tarmac rather than some bumpy, lumpy grass. So, during a totally blue sky day, it's kinda bright out there! No problem! I got on my capris, my tank and flip flops...I'm not overheating. I got my sunscreen on...I'll be fine.
By 4 o'clock that afternoon I was starting to realize that during my act of wisdom of putting on my sunscreen that I also should have put it ON...MY...FEET!!!! I completely flaked on putting even a drop of it on my legs and feet!!! My brain was telling me "you'll be standing all day...the sun is going to hit your shoulders and face". Not "hey bonehead...sun goes EVERYWHERE!"
I got home that evening, took off my flip flops, but they looked like they were still on. You guys talk about a crisp tantoo??? I had a crisp flipfloptoo!!! My feet were so red they were almost purple...and that color went up to just under my knee where my capris ended, and you could even see where the little slits were on the hem of the capris on my skin. It was like someone drew it on with a pencil! I looked....like Big Bird...I felt...like sh**!!
Wearing shoes to work for the next week was difficult to say the least...and when that crap started to peel, I swear I went down a shoe size. It's a wonder I still have skin down there.
Moral of the story, if you're gonna bother putting on sunscreen, for god sakes put it everywhere!!!
I was at an air show at Andrews Air Force base a few years back. They always have it the weekend before Memorial Day. It was perfect weather...not a cloud in the sky and in the 80s. I hadn't been outside much that spring so when I decided to wear a tank top and capris I of course put on sunscreen since I knew I'd be outside most of the morning and all afternoon. I slathered up my arms, shoulders, face and even put some on the part of my hair. I grabbed my camera, sunglasses, threw on some flip flops, and we were on our way.
Silly me...I never thought about there being NO shade there. It should've been obvious...kinda hard to land a plane with a bunch of trees and bushes around. And duh, kinda hard to watch an AIR SHOW from inside a tent. Of course it's easier to land on a nice flat tarmac rather than some bumpy, lumpy grass. So, during a totally blue sky day, it's kinda bright out there! No problem! I got on my capris, my tank and flip flops...I'm not overheating. I got my sunscreen on...I'll be fine.
By 4 o'clock that afternoon I was starting to realize that during my act of wisdom of putting on my sunscreen that I also should have put it ON...MY...FEET!!!! I completely flaked on putting even a drop of it on my legs and feet!!! My brain was telling me "you'll be standing all day...the sun is going to hit your shoulders and face". Not "hey bonehead...sun goes EVERYWHERE!"
I got home that evening, took off my flip flops, but they looked like they were still on. You guys talk about a crisp tantoo??? I had a crisp flipfloptoo!!! My feet were so red they were almost purple...and that color went up to just under my knee where my capris ended, and you could even see where the little slits were on the hem of the capris on my skin. It was like someone drew it on with a pencil! I looked....like Big Bird...I felt...like sh**!!
Wearing shoes to work for the next week was difficult to say the least...and when that crap started to peel, I swear I went down a shoe size. It's a wonder I still have skin down there.
Moral of the story, if you're gonna bother putting on sunscreen, for god sakes put it everywhere!!!