Sucker for Sunshine

   Do you ever do the same stupid thing over and over again? No? Well I do! There is nothing I love more then just sitting out in the sunshine but as much as I enjoy it my skin doesn't really agree. I can't tell you how many times I have been sun burnt. I always sit in the sun with the intention of getting "tan." Yes you may laugh right here if you want. You would think that as many times as I have been sun burnt that I would finally come to terms with my whiteness but no, every year I have to re-remind myself by getting burnt that I am never going to be able to reach my ideal "tan-ness!" I know, its silly.
   Every summer I wish I could just trade skin with my little sister. She is my exact opposite, she has beautiful smooth dark (tan) skin, my ideal tan color! Lol. She's that lucky girl who doesn't freckle, doesn't really have to worry about sunscreen and when she does get "burnt" it doesn't peel...it turns into a tan. How is that fair? Lol. She is just a gorgeous girl and that's not to say that fair-skinned people are not because they are but if you are fair-skinned you can't tell me that you haven't wished at least once that you could tan? I feel you understand my jealousy and my pain...literally. Ha ha.  
    I guess I can't complain too much though because for being a redhead I feel that I do better than most do! Its funny actually, I'll think I'm tan and I'll compare myself to my older sister and say, "Thats right I'm tan!" and then ill compare myself to my little sister and I'm white again. Lol   
   Anyway moral of the story is...sunscreen is my friend no matter how much I wish it wasn't! And not to worry I have a feeling that someday I will be able to fully embrace my whiteness!!! My mom is cute, I remember once in her efforts to make me feel better she told me that in the scriptures they were a "fair and delightsome" people...or something like that. But for now I think the sun and I will have a few more battles where I will knowingly lose and be re-reminded that I am not "tan" material.  ;)