wear sunscreen

Over Memorial Day weekend we made a day trip with Doug to one of the beaches in Delaware. Normally I am fairly good about wearing sunscreen, and when we left early Sunday morning I packed it in my bag. Once we got to the beach I put it on but for whatever reason I forgot the tops of my feet. Big mistake.

When we left the beach I noticed my feet were a little red but nothing too bad. About two hours into the trip home my feet started feeling bad. By the time we got home they felt like they were on fire. For some reason I didn't take any pictures of the immediate aftermath, but it was pretty bad. Bad as in they were swollen for a couple days and I couldn't wear shoes or socks, even at work. I applied a lot of burn cream and they were bad enough that from Monday to Thursday, I was in a lot of pain just standing still if there was any weight on my feet.

Luckily they started to feel better on Friday and a week later they are now peeling. It is pretty gross - I have never had an entire body part peel. The picture is from today - it was worse yesterday.

Moral of the story: wear sunscreen and make sure you don't miss anything.

matt

Matt made his annual visit to DC this past weekend. Like last year he came for Savor, which is a big beer festival. Unlike last year he brought a friend, Jamison.

They got into town late Thursday night and we went to Ben's Chili Bowl for a late dinner. Friday during the day, while Lelaine and I were at work, they rented bikes and did some sightseeing. Jamison had never been to DC, so they did a lot. Over the course of the trip they biked around the Washington Monument, Capitol (Lelaine gave them a tour), White House, World War II Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial. That night we went to Savor with Doug, Allen, Jenny, Megan, Jeff, and Tom and had a lot of food and drinks. My favorite was Short's Imperial Spruce Pilsner from Michigan. When it ended at 11pm I was ready to hit the sack, but everyone else wanted to go out so we went to a place in Chinatown.

Saturday morning Lelaine made a big breakfast and we spent the rest of the day walking around the neighborhood and then biked to Georgetown. For dinner we went to Zaytinya, where we had a lot of Turkish food and huge lamb shoulder that cooked over a spit. Pretty tasty. Being a senior citizen and out late the night before I was ready for bed, but we went out to a couple bars. It was the first time in a long time that I have been out for closing time two nights in a row.

On Sunday we had brunch then went to Ikea, at Matt's request, before heading to the airport. 'Twas a good trip.