It's a Wonderful World

Neither Scottie or I are big sun bathers. In fact, we both try to avoid the sun as much as humanly possible. We both have come to terms with our European skin and realize that even when we are tan, something simply does not look right.

So with that in mind in Jamaica we were really careful. Scottie's day of demise was when we were at the Dolphin Cove. We were swimming in the ocean with the dolphins all day long and unfortunately his sun screen did not last in the water and he ended up with a pretty red head.

Surprisingly his burn went away pretty darn fast.

My story is a lot different and a lot worse. It was the last full day in Jamaica. I was still fairly white. It was very over-cast for most of the day. We decided to just hang out around the ocean and in the pool. When we went into the pool, we met a really nice couple from Canada. They were also in love with their dogs so we started talking about that.

My biggest mistake was sitting in the area of the pool where you would normally lay your beach chairs and lay out. So I was sitting in like 6 inches of water. My second mistake was not putting sun screen on my legs. I figured that they are mostly in the water so no harm could be done. My next mistake was sitting in that 6 inches of water and splashing water over my body while I was talking and thinking that it would "cool my skin off". When we got out of the water I felt fine. We went to grab some lunch and we went back up to sit on the terrace after lunch. All of a sudden Scottie looks down at my legs and said I looked like a lobster. The rest of the day got worse and worse. I was so cold all day long. I could barely move my shoulders and my legs. It felt like needles were piercing my skin.
That evening was spent with cold compresses all over my body and some Advil Extra Strength. I kept telling Scottie that it felt like my knees were broken. Then I looked down and saw two white-colored circles on both my knees. At first I thought they were scars that didn't color. But then I went into the internet area and googled third degree sunburn and sure enough, that is what it was!! Which explains why I felt like my knees were broken. What a sad day! But neither of us let it ruin our honeymoon. At least it was the last day! I'm doing better now. My skin has started to peel with the exception of one area on my leg that is bright red and will not change! Oh, the joy of being Irish!