Less burnt-out, more burnt.
Went to Huntington Beach to see Lois’s sister Vera and her family, or really her husband’s family mostly. There was a high school graduation which served as a big reunion for the Kasprowicz side of the family. Lovely folks all around.
Long drives 450 miles or so each way, but worth it to see family. It was nice to hang out at the beach, less nice to have missed certain spots whilst doing sunscreen. I got off light compared to my niece however, who will be playing the part of the regretful lobster for a while. She loves the ocean, but accidentally used SPF 8 apparently. That’s useful in Minnesota, not so much in SoCal.
I am now officially uber-grumpy with sunburn (when exposing my fish-belly white legs to SoCal sun for hours, minor coverage mistakes have severe consequences), so I’ll be going to target and buying the CR best rated sun screen. “Up and Up sport continuous spray” is apparently the most effective, and it’s even cheap, so what’s not to like. Closing the sun-burned-down barn door, but we’ll have it for next time.
Aloe is my friend, but I’m still looking for solarcaine, which is my favorite sunburn suffering remover. Aloe and lidocaine, oh yeah baby! Apparently it’s mostly sold in Australia these days, but I’m sure I’ll find it somewhere.
Anyway, at least we weren’t doing dump runs or tearing down more of the house.
