C'mon y'all, did you really expect me to bring my computer to the lake? You know it's nothing but a skinny white box right now as it waits for life to be plugged into it....Plugged in, it is, by the way. I had to borrow Audrey's cord today because I desperately needed to burn a cd for the dance intensive I'm teaching today.
Anyway, yesterday, the Stutsman's and Campbell loaded up and headed to our friend's (the Alspaw's) lake house on Cedar Creek. Having not spent enough time in the sun this summer on account of the relentless rain and my lack of comrades to join me at the pool, I'm sure you can imagine how excited I was to get to the lake on the beautiful, sunny day we had yesterday! I got there, met everyone, and then grabbed my towel and headed to the second level of the dock. The higher you are the close you are to the Sun. Anyway, the two love birds, Sarah and Campbell went down to the lake and floated a while on a tube. I began to get excessively hot and slightly light-headed. It was time to get in the water.
I grabbed the same tube they had been using and hopped in all by myself. I didn't care that no one was out there. I was HOT! So there was a little girl down there (friend of one of the Alspaw's cousins) Her name was Paige, she is 8, she likes to dance- Naturally we became instant buddies and when I turned around, there were her two other 9 and 10 year old friends who also like to dance. Turns out I like to dance too so that made me cool. Anyway, as we were floating there (mind you, there's one tube with me in it and 3 little people hanging off the sides) I was sure that I would end up with tan lines shaped like the little arm that was stretched across my stomach holding on to my side for dear life, and maybe half a pale face because of the 10 year old who had herself perched on top of the tube, casting a shadow across my face...and possibly yet another two tan lines on my shins shaped like little hands holding on so as not to float away. At that point I didn't really care- they were fun :)
But much to my surprise, as the day went on, my body became increasingly sore as my skin became increasingly red. (Don't you love it when you have a sunburn and everyone around you is under the impression that you have NO idea what you're skin looks like, so they make that face [that's when you know it's coming] and they say something like "oooo, hunny, you're RED!"- Interesting enough, I've found that no matter how many times someone tries to save the day by telling you that, it doesn't make it any less red or feel any better) Apparently what did it was when I lost track of time while playing "human jungle-gym" with my little dancy friends in the water. Oh well....after the soreness goes away, having a skin tone will be nice.
I wish I had pictures of our day at the lake : / Campbell does. Maybe he'll upload them and I can steal one to post...
Well, I'm off to teach the lyrical/contemporary portion of a dance intensive at a studio near by...Dancing doesn't feel as good when you have charred skin, but don't worry- I can do it. (By the way, I hope I haven't over-exaggerated...I can only imagine the tomato-like image you have of me in your head right now. It's not that severe....I still look decently normal.) Ok, dear readers, it's time to go. Put some sunscreen on for me today if you plan on losing track of time with little ones under the sun. Until next time...later, grease balls :)
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