So about a month ago I got my first tan lines of the season. No one but myself could notice, but I had lines just the same. I sun-bathed time to time since then, but only when really sunny and for a short amount of time. Ive talked Carla two days in a row now to go to the pool (which has water in it now!) and sun-bathed with me. Around 11:30 this morning we went with our books and read for an hour. The only people that came to the pool where 4 ladies other than ourselves. What was unique but comforting about these ladies were that they were just as white as Carla and I. (Well, as I, Carla’s whiteness is a whole other story.;)) Felt much more comfortable vs. yesterday then us two white girls who laid out with two guys and older guy who all were burnt to a crisp already.

We were enjoying the sun with our fellow white skinned friends until thinking a float would be so much better than just sun-bathing on the hot deck. So we take a quick trip to Wal Mart with our feet out the windows (well, just one of my feet because I was driving) while listening to Jason Mraz and pick up some tanning oil, two floats and hair clips. We took our purchases back to the apartment and start blowing up the floats. I finished mine and Carla was not even close to even being half way done. I take over and amaze Carla with my lung’s abilities.

Armed with our floats and greased up, we head back to the pool. It is now empty which we prefer because we are actually getting into the pool this time and we don’t have an audience watching. It takes us a whole 5 minutes to get ourselves in the pool with our floats and on them. The water is just a bit colder than we are used to submerging ourselves in. We finally get on our backs and float, good thing too because we had mid-tanners join us at the pool. We float till Carla had to leave for her interview for her internship (which she got!). I got out of the pool as well to read (we will master the art of floating while reading sometime soon.) and nap a little.

I must say, I think I tan slower in Alabama than California. Maybe its the sun-raves here, I don’t know. I was whiter than ever before because I didn’t get to sun-bath at all last summer. That might help to the disadvantage of the sun here, but Im just getting lines that people may notice now. But summer is upon us in many ways and Im going to soak up the sun as much as I can till humidity kicks in. When it does, I’ll be inside my air-condition apartment avoiding summer.