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Pink Lady

Dub Mouse

That wondrous yellow star in the earth sky…..that just so happens to blind you if you look too long at it or burn your skin. Okay maybe sol (scientific name) isn’t too wondrous after all.

Sunburn? It’s very ouchy isn’t it? If you say no, you’re either lying or one of the very lucky b*****ds (aka lying) who have had the joy of not resembling a lobster. You see reader, every year without fail I always get sunburnt. You’d think I’d have learnt my lesson by now but nooo not me!

One year I had badly burnt feet (I was being a stroppy teenager), they turned purple. Grade 3 burns if I remember, or at least to my teenage brain that’s what the doctor said, and yes whenever I’m out I always put sun stuff on exposed feet. At least I learnt from sunburn lesson there.

Why is it that when you get sunburnt, the blasted burn still keeps burns for a good couple of days no matter how cold you keep the burnt area. Some of you maybe lucky and can treat your burnt bits (behave) with after sun. Turns out I’m allergic to the stuff, no matter what brand I try. Always have to soak the areas constantly in cold water then when the heat finally goes use aloe Vera and moisturiser, desperately hoping I don’t peel (I always peel).

One day I won’t get burnt and become a pink lady….nah who am I kidding, it’s becoming part of a kinda tradition.

Summer

Is It Winter Yet?

Dub Mouse

Another blog written couple of years ago, some of my blogs are old ones which I’m slowly moving over. Wonder how summer be this year? Bit gutted as we’ve decided it’s safer not to jump in the camper this year and go camping.

To most people, Summer means sunshine, ice cream, smell of sun tan lotion, good looking girls in less clothes, gorgeous men with tops off, hot days……
In reality it’s: melting ice cream everywhere, chavs or gross obese blokes with tops off, women wearing things a size too small who really shouldn’t (bitchy yes, but it’s true), chav kids causing mayhem during summer holidays, increase of sirens whizzing down the road, sunburn, wasps and flies annoying you, being bitten, hot nights meaning you can’t sleep or cuddle and having to work during the heat.. Or is this just my view?


Despite the above, I do like summer especially the sunsets, clear skies to see stars and the lightning show you may see at night time, sunshine, walks out, a nice cold drink in a pub garden, the BBQs (haven’t been to many as we don’t have a garden), but I prefer winter… Those cold nights where you can have a mug of hot chocolate, curl up on the sofa and either read a good book or watch some rubbish film. Being able to snuggle in bed, then there’s the eating of certain food round Christmas time – good old roast dinners, chocolate etc.


Mind you, summer usually means better public transport as there’s less kids using them, more buses as none are taken off routes to be school buses, less traffic during mid-way of school holidays and it also means less staff in work place as everyone wants to take the time off (this maybe seen as a good thing depending on who is off), staff more irritable as it’s hot and after all who wants to be working in nice sunny weather? Of course there’s also the crowded beaches and trying to find a spot, however the best part of summer is probably laughing at the typical sunburnt British…..you can usually spot us folks from the United Kingdom on holiday, just look for the most sunburnt person.