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yup, I did the ultimate stupid thing and sat out all day in the sun - IN JULY - by the lake - with no sunscreen. and now I'm suffering the ultimate in sunburn hell. it's horrible. I'd take a picture if I wasn't feeling so stupid right now.
it hurts!!
but maybe it will turn into a nice tan - ya think?
And we did have an awesome day today, so it was worth it I guess. We were in three states today! we drove South from Chicago through Indiana to the border of MIchigan and Indiana - to a small town on Lake Michigan called New Buffalo. there is a surf shop there, which we had actually visited a few weeks ago on a very hot day. I didn't write anything about that day because that day was not good. Today, however, was perfect! The weather was gorgeous - only in the high 70s probably or low 80s at the most, with a bit of wind. M had been reading online that there might be some waves on the lake, so we headed out to Michigan this morning and got there around 10:30 a.m. He rented a surfboard and went out on the lake for about an hour and a half while I sat in the sun and read photocopies about pre and post nuptial agreements (for the paper that is due in my Contracts Law class in two days - yikes!). I guess M was able to catch a few very small waves - and while he was out there he met a couple of younger guys from Chicago who were trying lake surfing for the first time. they were really nice guys - one of them is doing post-doctoral work in Genetics and Statistics (Smart much!!) at the University of Chicago - and he will move to UCLA in six months to begin teaching - wow!! and the other guy is in BioChemistry and starting the grad program at UIC in the fall. We chatted with them for another hour or so (while I sizzled more), and when they left, M went out again to try for more waves- but there were not many. So we headed back to Chicago around 3 p.m. or so, and got stuck in the ultimate traffic jam - so it took us a long time to get home. we had some pizza, and I uploaded all the pictures that I've taken since the end of May - including pics that I took today. Now I'm catching up on LJ and will go to sleep soon... sun takes its toll, plus I drove the whole way back from MI - and it took over two hours!
Since I just uploaded tons of photos, I will post some of them tomorrow - some great ones of the beach today plus downtown Chicago from the freeway while stuck in traffic. and cat photos - my crazy cat was being such the ham posing with the flowers that Dawnie sent me back in June. by the way, where is Dawnie??? if you're out there, I miss you!!
hope you all are having a fabulous weekend and enjoying the new HP book - which I won't be reading until I can actually read Book 6...
I'm off to nurse my sunburn - g'night!
it hurts!!
but maybe it will turn into a nice tan - ya think?
And we did have an awesome day today, so it was worth it I guess. We were in three states today! we drove South from Chicago through Indiana to the border of MIchigan and Indiana - to a small town on Lake Michigan called New Buffalo. there is a surf shop there, which we had actually visited a few weeks ago on a very hot day. I didn't write anything about that day because that day was not good. Today, however, was perfect! The weather was gorgeous - only in the high 70s probably or low 80s at the most, with a bit of wind. M had been reading online that there might be some waves on the lake, so we headed out to Michigan this morning and got there around 10:30 a.m. He rented a surfboard and went out on the lake for about an hour and a half while I sat in the sun and read photocopies about pre and post nuptial agreements (for the paper that is due in my Contracts Law class in two days - yikes!). I guess M was able to catch a few very small waves - and while he was out there he met a couple of younger guys from Chicago who were trying lake surfing for the first time. they were really nice guys - one of them is doing post-doctoral work in Genetics and Statistics (Smart much!!) at the University of Chicago - and he will move to UCLA in six months to begin teaching - wow!! and the other guy is in BioChemistry and starting the grad program at UIC in the fall. We chatted with them for another hour or so (while I sizzled more), and when they left, M went out again to try for more waves- but there were not many. So we headed back to Chicago around 3 p.m. or so, and got stuck in the ultimate traffic jam - so it took us a long time to get home. we had some pizza, and I uploaded all the pictures that I've taken since the end of May - including pics that I took today. Now I'm catching up on LJ and will go to sleep soon... sun takes its toll, plus I drove the whole way back from MI - and it took over two hours!
Since I just uploaded tons of photos, I will post some of them tomorrow - some great ones of the beach today plus downtown Chicago from the freeway while stuck in traffic. and cat photos - my crazy cat was being such the ham posing with the flowers that Dawnie sent me back in June. by the way, where is Dawnie??? if you're out there, I miss you!!
hope you all are having a fabulous weekend and enjoying the new HP book - which I won't be reading until I can actually read Book 6...
I'm off to nurse my sunburn - g'night!
rejuvenated
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