Weather - sunburns/windburns and rain!
We went for spring break to Florida and visited grandparents. One day, on my 40th birthday no less, we went to a fun place called Cyprus Gardens. The morning started out like it would be sunny. ‘Dad’ is the only one who wore a sweatshirt and we ridiculed him about that! Well, about 1 hour later the sky clouded up and we weren’t laughing anymore! Sure enough he was the only one who didn’t freeze. The nice husband he is, he gave it to me to wear.
To make a long story short, we weren’t prepared that day!
The next day it rained all day long so we stayed in and rested.
The following day was a great day for alligator watching at a nearby park! No worries there with weather. It was beautiful as could be. Besides being called from work that day and missing swimming in the afternoon, it was a great day.
The next day was a day to the beach! After a long 1.5 hour drive through clouds and a sky that appeared to overflow with puffy storms, we arrived. It was so cloudy and overcast and hazy that we didn’t realize what the sun was doing to our skin. I lathered the kids up, and myself. However they get very antsy about that and run away before completing most of the time! We all paid for that laziness. After hours of boogie boarding (yes we all LOVE doing that) we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa’s home. Little did we know, we were burnt in certain sun screen mis-applied spots! My son’s poor chin is still recovering. We don’t know what happened to it - combination of sun and rubbing against boogie board might be the culprits.
The end story is like Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts - BE PREPARED! DON’T BE LAZY about taking care of your own skin and well being like we were! Life can be much more comfortable if you just take those few extra precautions.