...and of course that fourth "s" for the fair-skinned semi redheads among us: SUNBURN! Fortunately, the one I got today while playing in the surf and strolling the strand isn't TOO bad, though I plan to sleep with aloe applied to my now gently cleansed of salt & sand body to help it heal quickly. And I got this burn despite several liberal applications of 15 sunblock throughout the day.
An old boyfriend used to tease about the idea of us going skinny dipping. Though I certainly had the figure for it, at the time I was too embarrassed to tell him I thought it a doubly bad idea because (aside from the embarrassment of exposing things I was then unready to expose to ANYONE!) I feared the sun burning parts of me that otherwise would've been clad. My husband DOES know this, & having lived with me for more than two decades, realizes the legitimacy of this concern for reasons beyond embarrassment (I'm a 45 y.o. mom of 4 & not as trim as I was at 17!) or pain--there's a history of skin cancer in my family & I'd rather NOT tread that primrose path, thankyouverymuch!
Next time I hit the beach, time for the 45 sunblock--at a minimum!
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