I spent last weekend working as a "carnie" at the Tuscaloosa Air Show and while I consider myself intelligent, I didn't wear sun screen. This would normally be fine if I had thought to grab a hat on the way out of the house. I don't mind burnt legs as much as I hate a burnt head and the raccoon eyes. I enjoyed it though as I have always had a fascination with air planes - especially military planes. The A-10 is always my favorite and finally got to see one fly - a treat. Anyway, back to the "carnie" story. I decided to help my son sell Ice Cream to help raise money for his trip to the 100th anniversary Jamboree next summer. We had to be there at 8:00 which I think was a little early since the thing started almost 3 hours later. Anyway, we got our instructions from the "king carnie" and we put on the smocks and proceeded to sell his $4 premium ice cream. I don't know about anyone else but $4 for ice cream is steep, even if we were in the desert. We had 8 stands with 14 kids total. At the end of the day, I was utterly scorched from the sun and we had sold $20,533.00 in ice cream. That's right, $20,533.00 in ice cream. Now, we aren't going to see that kind of money nowhere near that much. We will probably get 10% of the total for the 14 boys. Not bad but not worth it for the amount of time and effort we had to put in to it. Back to my 3rd degree burns. I spent the rest of this week peeling my skin away like a leper. Every person I met this week laughed at me or scolded me for being stupid. Some even asked if I had skin cancer. Jessica wanted me to put lotion on each night but I just can't seem to put lotion on myself because I don't like it on my hands. That would be the OCD in me I'm sure.
The skin finally stop shedding yesterday and I decided to cover up my stupidity with Tan in a Can. Now my wife, God help her, has been practicing this art for some time. She makes it look so easy. She shakes the can - she applies the spray evenly - she has an instant tan. What could possibly go wrong? Did you know the spray will stain anything if not immediately washed off? Did you also know that if not evenly sprayed, it will make you look like a painted horse? (See Post Picture) Well you also need to know that when applying this to large "white" areas of skin that you have enough in the bottle to complete the job. I did not. I have a really dark leg and then I have a really diseased leg. I guess I have started down a dark road that can only get worse. Now I have to get another can of stain so my wife can even out my oompa loompa skin. So if you see me this week, just resist the urge to say anything.
