Self-Portrait Challenge: Red

No, your computer monitor doesn't need to be adjusted. The majority of the front of my body really is red in this picture.

This was taken last year in September, when Bill's family rented a condo in Myrtle Beach. I had been working in our backyard a week before we left. I got poison ivy. Just a little bit on my ankle. Over the course of two days it spread all the way up and across my body. Including all of my chest. Not fun. You could hear me scratching from the other side of the house.

So we head to Myrtle Beach and I'm on a ton of steroids to stop the itching. The itching stopped but I didn't even think about being careful my first day in the sun. I got a really bad sunburn on top of the poison ivy.

Yep, I'm a real genius.

Despite the discomfort and odd stares from other people at the beach, I had a great time at the beach with Bill. My mom kept the girls, so we really did have a wonderful week all to ourselves.