Thread: Sunburnt and Sore

Well, just pulled into town yesterday after a family reunion at the lake, where my gran-dad built a cabin. There were a little shy of twenty of us altogether, friends included, some of whom had to sleep in tents. Four days of hanging out on the deck telling stories, drinking, hiking and fending off mosquitos. Fireworks were blown on Canada day.

On the whole, very fun. I was expecting more drama, and there was some, but it was probably the most functional get-together we've ever had. I'm almost over the sunburn, and still a little sore from the hauling supplies, especially the propane tanks which power our lights and fridge (no electricity unless we use the generator).

Got to catch up with a cousin I haven't seen in a decade, which was cool. Since I last saw him he's started a family which he brought along, wife and three hilarious kids. The last night there was probably the best, because me, him and my bro hung out at a place near the cabin called The North Point, a shore of flat rock sloping into the lake, until sunrise, polishing off something like fifty beer. I'm not a big drinker, but there was a fair deal of that going on for me, them and everybody. I never got drunk drunk, though. Just buzzed.

My aunt set up and ran the whole thing, so we all gave her an enormous cheer on the last night. She certainly earned it. Almost a perfect reunion all around, or as perfect as things things can be. Not a serious injury to count. And there have been some of them up there.

Sounds like you had a great time!!
I got sunburnt the other day all over my arms - not fun! Gotta remember to put on suncream

17 beers! Hope you paced them out!

Ti's really good to see family sometimes!

Originally Posted by Eluixa

Ti's really good to see family sometimes!

Depends on the family.

My week has involved computer issues again. Had a bad run of faulty motherboards recently. I mean, I didn't overclock them.... too much.

On my wife's box right now. We don't use laptops in our house because we're Luddites. I'm peddling a bike right now to power this. Anyway, I had a hard drive crash in conjunction with my MOBO this time. I'll have to re-record some music, but my word files are safe.
Some day I'll look back on all this and laugh. Right.

(Sorry. I thought I was in the general "How Was Your Week" section. Glad you had a good holliday)

Originally Posted by Lavender

Gotta remember to put on suncream

Yeah, next time.

I was amazed at how not hung over I was the next day, but I did go out of my way to drink copious amounts of water before I collapsed. And sometimes these family affairs are so much more stressful and melodramatic than they need to be, but this one was alright.

Originally Posted by Winston

(Sorry. I thought I was in the general "How Was Your Week" section. Glad you had a good holliday)

Haha, np, and thanks. I recently tried an overclocking program to get a better framerate on a game, and my laptop crashed, and I had trouble restarting it; Windows had to check the harddrive or something. Since then I haven't been experimenting with it. My laptop is too precious.

Sounds like a wonderful success to me, good food, family and no serious fireworks...well, other than those you purposely set off.

If memory serves me right, you are very fair skinned, so take care of that sunburn!

Oh, it was fun Cind. The weather was very much in our favour, nothing but sunny. And my burns are about fine now. Shoulders got the worst of it.

Some of my greatest growing-up memories are from the lake. Love that place.

Sounds like you had a very fun time!!

Mosquitoes are my greatest enemies! They have the advantage when I sit in front of the PC, I can't attack them properly. >.>

I think they're one of the most evil living things. Not only do they steal your blood, they have to make you itch. Little jerks. We fought them with citronella candles, Off, and these burning coil things. Everything combined seemed to keep them away.

Mosquitoes are my greatest enemies!

Not lucky for that. Mosquitoes seldom attack me. When I go out with my friends, there is always a person would be the mosquitoes' target and everyone else would be just fine. I guess you can try some mosquito spray in the future.

Got to catch up with a cousin I haven't seen in a decade, which was cool.

Good for you. Last time I visited my cousin, we didn't get a lot time to talk. Just had a lunch with him and I had to ran to the airport. And I guess family gatherings are general good. Especially if you haven't seen them for a long time. Although one thing did annoy me, you have to answer same sort of questions asked by different people several times at the beginning. After that, everything is just fine.

Haha, I hear you on that one.