March Sunburns

On the Eve of St. Patty's Day one would not expect me to be writing about sunburns, however, here I write...

Yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL day in good old Williamsport, PA, so Jon and I decided to take Mr. Max out to enjoy this seemingly long, lost weather. It has been a terribly long winter, and we were craving the sunshine and general warmth, so we opted to go for a walk in a local park. This particular park is great-with endless paths to trek on, many of which run along the Susquehanna River-which made Max happy since we are pretty certain that he has never had the opportunity to "float his fanny in the Susquehanny" before. (Quite honestly, before joining our family, we are pretty sure he never had many opportunities to do much of anything. So sad.)

Our outing lasted around 2 hours, after which the three of us were happy and tired-not a bad combination at all. It should be obvious where this is going in terms of sunburns. Anyone who knows me knows that, unfortunately, I am very fair skinned-a prime target for the sun's rays. After being outside in the sun for 2 hours, despite being March, Anda gets sunburned. Shocker, I know. Now, I am having very mixed feelings about this "phenomenon." There is a part of me that thinks, "Well crap, I got sunburned." BUT, then there is part of me that thinks, "WOO HOO! I got sunburned!" I am only able to feel this latter part because it was nothing like the normal sunburns I would expect (and will expect) to get in the summer-this is totally minor. The important thing to note is the fact that the sun's rays are now able to sunburn me, which tells me that Spring is just around the corner!!

And that, my friends, is all we need to know...Woo hoo!!