so we leave in a couple of days to go back to texas for our 20th high school reunion…

thinking about how much time has passed is surreal…but of course it also seems like a lifetime ago…i guess that’s how life is.

this week i conquered some demons of my old age, though:

• i let myself “tan” even though i’m nearing 40 and i’ve been a freak about not aging my skin over the past couple of years.
• i wore a two piece bathing suit on the beach…with no cover-up!  of course, i banned photos and got back in my chair very quickly…but, it’s progress.
• i went to the grocery store with no makeup…and no sunglasses - of course, we were in a small beach town where i knew no one…baby steps…
• we had family pictures taken on the beach…early in the a.m., and we were not only “on time”, but the photographer said we were the only family he could remember actually being early!
• one night - with my friend Karla - i ate tons of twizzlers and spoonfuls of peanut butter (not the “all natural” kind either!) - i felt like i was a teenager again…at least til i couldn’t feel my arms anymore.

every time i get in the sun, a war takes place inside me…

my native american roots love the sun and want me to get all dark and caramel colored.  my eastern european/scotch/welsh roots…well, not so much - they would prefer air conditioning and spf 70!

up until friday, the indian side was winning out…not a peep from the other side!  but somewhere in the wee hours of friday morning, i started itching….

yep, sun poisoning!  (every time i say that, i think of “a christmas story” and “soap poisoning!”…).

so, after services tomorrow (cu@c3!), we’ll head back over to the beach…and i’ll head back under an umbrella and lots of white flowy cover-ups…oh yeah, and spf 70!  oh well, at least i’m tanner than i was a couple of weeks ago!

so, that’s it…all i’ve got!

now i just want to go watch “a christmas story” and eat twizzlers and peanut butter…but i won’t - because i have to come back to the real world some time…

baby steps…

peace out.