BURNED!
Yeah, I got totally baked this afternoon.
Number one son had a baseball game today, but it was in the early afternoon (2 p.m.) rather than mid-morning, as we are accustomed to.
I had errands to run this morning, so I left the kids with my parents and breezed back home just in time to pick them up and get them to the pre-game warmup. I forgot my hat.
So I’m sitting out in the blazing sun with no hat shielding my face, and I’m feeling rather warm. A lovely breeze blew up, though, and made it comfortable.
The game lasted until 3:30. So from 1:30 to 3:30 I was sitting smack dab in the middle of the shadeless sidelines of the ball field. My left arm and the left side of my face are baked. Lobster-red. My right side is slightly less baked, but still very red.
Fortunately, I know what to do. I’ve already taken a cooling bath, and spread “Cell Block C” ointment over it, as well as two layers of Cetaphil moisturizer. I’ve also drunk a quart of water. I’ll give it another layer of moisturizer and drink another pint of water before bed. I may have to get up once or twice in the night to repeat the process (and go to the bathroom!), but tomorrow everything should be more brown than red, and the burning should be gone.
I don’t burn often, but I know what to do when I do. And it works!