the good, the bad, the ugly

Good:

After an unexpected phone call from a Michigan friend on Tuesday telling me that she was in Massachusetts, I got to take a nice, leisurely lunch today, sitting out on the patio of one of the restaurants down on the first floor catching up with her and meeting her boyfriend. (usually, my lunch consists of running down to the food court, grabbing a sandwich and coming back to my office where I eat it while I work/check my email/waste time on the internet)

It was pretty great to see my friend and catch up, as I think it's been close to a year and a half since we've seen each other, and the odd email/phone call is nice, but not the same as face to face conversation. Plus, did I mention I got to take a long lunch?


Bad:

I still had to go back to work after lunch. It's such a beautiful day and I want to take a nap!


Ugly:

I was in the sun for about 45 minutes to an hour. Tops. Sitting on a patio, under an overhang. I got sunburned. Please explain to me how I spent a whole day over Memorial Day weekend outside wandering around Boston in a lot of heat and direct sun exposure (no sunscreen) and sat outside drinking margaritas for two hours without getting sunburned; how I spent last Saturday afternoon outside at the racetrack in the sweltering heat and direct sun (no sunscreen) and did not get sunburned; and yet today, I sat outside on a relatively mild day, in a relatively shaded area for a relatively short amount of time (admittedly without sunscreen) but got burned?

I do not understand it.