July 31, 2004
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Friday:
more volcanoes!
Twenty nine more volcanoes to be precise. I put oh, 5 more up and
left the rest to be put up in the basement by other volunteers tomorrow.And yes, I left my
camera at home...again.
/ I will have a chance to take pics tomorrow or
Sunday, and I will be sure to do so. We put the backdrop up today and it
looks AWESOME with the big volcano in front of it! I can't wait to see
what it is going to look like once we get the rest of the decorations up.
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On an aside, can I just
tell ya...I am too just way too white to work outside in July in 95 degree
heat? My ancestors didn't plan for this when they met with the red headed
Vikings and other Norsemen with pale skin and blue eyes. They were more at
home gutting fish on the shores of a windy lake in weak sunlight. There is
just NOT enough melanin in my skin to fair well in this July sun in the
Southern US sun. Think "puddled melted wax". Yep me...add a blob of
red hair on top. Fewf.I was painting the
volcanoes outside to prevent the aforementioned fluorocarbon high.
Instead, I wound up near passing out from the heat of the sun. There was a
breeze blowing, but the air that was in the wind felt like a fan blowing
from a furnace. No coolness or relief from it at all. I was bending spray
painting the volcanoes and counting down as I did so.."OK..10 more to go.
Well maybe I can make 20 more instead"
Sweat...sweat...drip..drip...until I can't see through my glasses...
"OK...ten more
to go...20 is um, too many ..we don't need that many " then mutters "I am
too freakin' white for this...I see heatstroke in my future. I would
rather see Rita's Frozen Custard than the inside of Upper Chesapeake's
ER....I am getting out of this heat."While I
like summer and love the sun-shiney days, the sun beating down on this
red-headed, white-skinned chick is not a good thing.I think I would have
fit right in with those Southern Belles that would stand around with
umbrellas and fans, sippin' mint Juleps. *G*
Without the rum. I will save the rum for making a rum sauce for a creme
brulee.
Blessings!
Kathie
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