Like the title says, that’s what the infamous last words ‘nah, I don’t need any lotion‘ results in. Angel, Gab and I spent the whole day out on the lake, 95 degrees and the sun was shining strong… What does every guy do when they hit the water…. of course toss the shirt. Now I’m paying for my foolishness, and likely will for a few days yet to come. My back now looks like a Maine lobster, fresh out of the pot. Naturally, my stupidity doesn’t draw me any sympathy, but did qualify for a bit of some product called “After sun”, don’t know if it will really help or not, sure felt nice and cool going on.
Whatever happened to the product called Solarcaine? We remember it as a heavily guarded secret potion that the adults kept stashed away from us as kids until we were screaming in pain from a good burn. That stuff was gold in a spray can. You’d think after almost 40 years a person would learn……NOT!
On the upside, with Angel driving the boat I actually skied for about 50 feet! Got the skis up on plane and actually travel over the water, a new personal best. I’ve managed to teach both of our sons and a nephew to water ski in very short order, but never really tried to do it myself until lately. The end result the few times I’d tried a couple years ago was either a lake water enema or having half a gallon of water shoved down my throat as my face was slammed into the water. I think if I hadn’t been so exhausted after screwing around all day I would have actually made it on the next run, but a horrific leg cramp left me floating in the water for a bit, that ended the fun for the day.
If I survive the extra toasty, next weekend I expect to be skating across the surface of the water.
