Sunburns and Peer Pressure

I didn't realize that it's been almost a month since the last post. Oops! It's been such a fun/relaxing summer. I was going to post last week, but I had a 'dumb Mel' experience and was out of commission for awhile. So let me tell you what happened. We practically live at the pool these days; our pool, our friends pools, any pool! We went over to our friend Catherine's house for 'Mormon Friday' swimming. Mommies and their kids from the ward go over to her house on Fridays to swim and hangout. Anyway, Ari and I were having such a fun time, and I sort-of forgot to put sunscreen on; we were there for 3 hours. I put it on Ari several times, but I didn't put any on myself ... okay I didn't think it was that hot, so I didn't think I needed any. It's the first time I've EVER done that...that I can remember. Anyway, I partially blame my friends for my sunburn, because they were a distraction. I was having fun, enjoying myself, when they gave my dive off the diving board a 1.5 out of 10! Seriously 1.5? I was so miffed I had to prove them wrong! I think I went off that stupid diving board at least 20 times! Then, my friend April (who is a mother of 3) decided it was time to go down the water slide, face first, with me at the bottom holding a large mat to see if she could land on it. I honestly felt like I was 17 yrs old trapped in a 27yr old body. It was so much fun. When I got home the first thing Brad said was, 'Babe, you got fried!' And yes I did. I wore only a lava lava for 4 days. NEVER AGAIN! It wasn't nearly as bad as my sister-in-law Becky's sunburn, but it still hurt like the dickens! So the moral of my story is don't succumb to peer pressure! Yep, that's what I took from it...peer pressure! :)