Sunburn

After spending the entire weekend out in the sun, I’m finding that the consequences to not protecting myself with enough sunscreen can have painful effects…very, very painful effects. Right now I am sitting at my desk trying not to move too much for fear of upsetting my sensitive skin and irritating my sunburn.

On Saturday, I was tabling at an outdoor event for most of the day. On Sunday, I was sitting in the sun for most of the Giants game (before they went and lost it and I had to leave before I got too upset, but that’s another story). For both events, I did my best to take precautions against the sun; I applied sunscreen to myself before I left my house, I wore a hat and didn’t show unnecessary amounts of skin, and did my best not to directly face the sun for a long period of time.

So let me ask you…how did I end up with the left side of my face burned? And I’m not just talking about the sunburn on my face, but my left ear is beat red and downright painful. I’m trying to be an adult about this, but…my ear really hurts. I have received my share of sunburns (and some of them have been really bad) and the sunburn on my ear is not the most painful or inconvenient one that I have ever experienced by a long shot, but I still need to complain. And to make matters worse, I have phone calls to make and my left ear is my “phone ear”…I’m in so much pain right now.

So if you need to reach me during the next few weeks, have some sympathy and contact me via email...that'd be much appreciated.