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Fun in the Sun
I've been walking around for months now in short-sleeved shirts, because Winter, in Austin, only lasts two weeks. We were having 80 degree days in February. The past three weeks we've consistently hit 85 and above by lunchtime. The afternoons are so hot that I just don't go outside, at all.
But in the mornings, I've been working outdoors in the sunlight, in tank tops. Which is why I have been procrastinating about using sunblock. I mean, two weeks of exposure to sunlight ought to create just enough tan that I don't burn unless I stay out for a whole day, right? No reason to make my morning routine any longer than it has to be by contorting my arms around to rub sunscreen on the backs of my shoulders when I've been outdoors all of the Spring and haven't even felt a little pnk. Well, wrong, apparently. It seems that there is something different about sunlight after May 8. May 8, sunlight is friendly and gentle. May 9, the temperatures are the same but *poof*! Sunlight is now vicious and evil.
Anyway, I have a teensy sunburn. Actually, I consider it a sun"warm". It's my shoulders and doesn't bother me much. The only thing I can complain about is that after my workout Wednesday night, my shoulders are a little sore and I would like to use a muscle-soothing rub that Healer Woman made for me . . . but I don't think Essential Oil of "Holy Shit it Burns" is a good thing to put on sunburn.
But in the mornings, I've been working outdoors in the sunlight, in tank tops. Which is why I have been procrastinating about using sunblock. I mean, two weeks of exposure to sunlight ought to create just enough tan that I don't burn unless I stay out for a whole day, right? No reason to make my morning routine any longer than it has to be by contorting my arms around to rub sunscreen on the backs of my shoulders when I've been outdoors all of the Spring and haven't even felt a little pnk. Well, wrong, apparently. It seems that there is something different about sunlight after May 8. May 8, sunlight is friendly and gentle. May 9, the temperatures are the same but *poof*! Sunlight is now vicious and evil.
Anyway, I have a teensy sunburn. Actually, I consider it a sun"warm". It's my shoulders and doesn't bother me much. The only thing I can complain about is that after my workout Wednesday night, my shoulders are a little sore and I would like to use a muscle-soothing rub that Healer Woman made for me . . . but I don't think Essential Oil of "Holy Shit it Burns" is a good thing to put on sunburn.
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