Here Comes the Sun

Yesterday we had our first opportunity to explore outside of Melbourne proper a bit. One of the nice couples we met at the meetup.com event invited us to the beach in Williamstown, about a 15 minute drive south-west of the city. It was beautiful - nice small beach, warm day, gorgeous green/blue water. I wasn't sure exactly what we'd do on the beach, but our friends wanted to mostly layout, which was nice and relaxing.

We did not, however, apply appropriate sunscreen. I had sunscreened up before we left, but I did so in preparation for standing sun exposure (i.e. face, shoulders, chest, feet) rather than laying down sun exposure (full body). Once we realized we were going to be laying in the sun, we added sunscreen, but not nearly enough. The day was nice: sunshine, good conversation, nice temperature water, a nice lunch at a restaurant on the beach.

Once we returned, our lack of sun preparation was evident. Kane was pretty burned at first, his whole front and splotchy in the back. My stomach was burned. We showered and I napped a bit and another couple wanted to go out to dinner. So, we gathered the beach couple again and went to meet the other couple for a night out. There is filming going on downtown - it appeared to be a 1940s type movie; we saw the extras in costume and they had blocked off the street. It was pretty cool, couldn't see much though. Anyway, we decided to go to a part of town Kane and I hadn't been before which was really nice.

This area of town reminded me of a quainter version of San Francisco's North Beach area - lots of Italian restaurants intermixed with boutiques and shops (minus the nudie bars though). It was very nice. Kane started to feel nauseous so we actually had to leave before even ordering dinner, but we will surely return. We're pretty sure it was his sunburn accosting his body that made him feel ill, and realized it probably would have been better just to rest that night. We came home and he went to bed lathered in aloe.

By then, his sunburn had progressed to cover his entire front and back, parts of his legs and face. I hate to see him hurting!! As of this morning, his back and legs seem to be a lot better, it's just his front and parts of his face that got it pretty bad and will give him trouble for a few days. My stomach got it pretty good and other splotchy parts (good splotchy Doctor splotchy) such as right armpit and right hip. Good times. We heart aloe vera.

Well, lesson is live and learn. I figure if you're learning a lot you are either: in school, living a lot, or not too bright. I like to think we're living a lot, though you can draw your own conclusions.