Back in May 2004 when I was a size 8/10 I went on holiday with my other half as 'just friends' to attend his best friends wedding (it is a long story, maybe another time).
The day after we arrived was overcast with a strong breeze that could almost have been classed as windy; ocassionally the sun would pop out for a minute but mostly it was pretty dull, but we were british and on holiday so what to do but go to the pool area, relax and catch a few of those rare rays. As I layed back to read my book (Jackie Collins, nothing else does it on holiday for me) and listen to Evanesence on my personal CD player I felt my cares drift away.
I must have dozed off because two hours later I woke up feeling hot, tight and sticky. I looked at my other half and noticed he was asleep and very very red - I woke him up and pointed out the damage in return he pointed and laughed at me. Back inside the apartment I saw the extent of the damage, every bit of exposed skin was bright red, unfortunately I was wearing a cropped bikini top and shorts so I was left with definite stripes. The other half was even worse being topless and having rolled up his shorts, he had a terrible case of sun stroke and wasn't able to leave the room until late afternoon for another two days. I peeled like a snake huge strips of skin floated off in the bath and I was covered in blisters. We were lucky the wedding wasn't for another 10 days, by which time we were both a much better shade.
This song takes me right back to those early days...
The second song takes me back much further, as a child I was a huge Carpenters fan, I listened to their album over and over again. My favourite song was 'rainy days and mondays' even as a child I could relate to the lyrics, and I knew them off by heart. I can still sing along now.
