Day 2 of Sunburn Watch

Today went well. No discernible burn. We started out the morning going to all the museums in Balboa Park. This was good because museums are inside where the sun can’t get to you. I love museums.

The plan was to go to the beach in the afternoon. My spirits dampened. The beach is outside. Directly under the sun.

I made My Honey stop at Target and buy an umbrella. I wore 45 coats of sunscreen, a beach cover up over my swimming suit (that I only wore because it’s tradition that I let my family think I might go near the water), a giant floppy hat, and sunglasses. I looked like a movie star determined not to be recognized. This is a fantasy of course. I did NOT look anything like a movie star. I looked like a vampire trying not to fry.

My family went off to the water and I huddled in a ball in the shade of the umbrella. I would move every couple of minutes to follow the oblong of shade while I read my book.

I will admit that my feet got wet when I went to the waterline to tell the kids to come away from a riptide. The water touched my skin and I shivered. The lifeguard said it was measured at 64 degrees today. Who the hell swims in 64 degree water? Crazy kids from Arizona apparently.

Apparently no one informed the Pacific Ocean that it’s summer.