Nothing a little aloe won't fix

As you could tell by the pictures in the previous post, I was in South Carolina recently. It is one of my favorite places on earth. We stay close to the beach and so it is easy to come and go from the beach whenever the mood strikes you. It isn't a crowded beach and the best part of the whole day happens at 6 pm when EVERYONE leaves and you have the entire beach to yourself. The water is incredibly warm, like 80 degrees warm and you can really just float all day long. I like spending time with my parents there too. My mom is a beach bum at heart and can stay out there all day, no break. My dad only comes out at the 6 pm hour, and just floats in the water. Also, they both insist on wearing aquasocks into the water. Always. Yes they still make aquasocks, as incredible as that might seem and if you have ever met my parents, especially my father, then you can imagine the sight of them in aquasocks. Yikes. Also, I love beach hair more than anything too. I love the salty in the hair and it is just wild and lighter and awesome. Then when you shower, it is like silk. Love it. We ate shrimp, no crab this year though. I just love it there.
I went to the Air and Water show yesterday, and despite having a considerable base tan from South Carolina, I burned myself badley. And I couldn't even burn myself evenly either. The right side of my body is much more red than the left and I think it looks just a little bit ridiculous. And it hurts. But the air show was nice and it was a perfect day for it. Whenever I go to the lake (which isn't as frequent as it should be, but getting better) I realize how much of an asset it is. I'd like to get a pontoon boat and just float on the lake all day eating hot dogs and drinking beer.
I finished reading The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank and I have to recommend it to all of you. I put off reading this book for a long time because while I loved the cover, I hated the title. Finally I gave in and really enjoyed the entire book. It makes you realize everyone has their quirks and maybe I'm not so strange after all. Maybe. You can read it in a day and be the better for it.
Mostly now I am filling out secondary applications and waiting for school to start in a week. All the schools ask why you are applying to their school in particular, and it is hard to come up with clever and sincere sounding reasons. I feel they wouldn't look highly on me if I said, " You had the lowest averages for GPA and MCAT scores and I feel if you lower your standards just a little more, you might squeeze me in. " Somehow, I don't think that is the kind of candidate that they are looking for. But you never know.

Time to aloe my burn.