let's go surfin now
emily is learnin how
come and safari with me!!!

all i need is the beach to feel better :)

yep, that's right folks. after almost a year of being harrassed by j, i (finally) got out on a surfboard yesterday!
how long will it take before i'm crusin in barrels and being tossed around as comfortably as i am on my soft little bodyboard? eons it feels! but i *shall* perservere.

sunday was good. not much sleep the night before. woke up and went for a run around southbank to st lucia, a bit lonely cause i had no one to run with... the boys that came along (masa and ryo) are fast, like j fast... and the girl i was gonna get to run with hurt her achilles (omg, cringe!) that morning. so it was it was a hit of solo LSD. an easy 90 min. then a swim in the park. and i got my phone back from the cab company!

quick, head home, grab the boards and hurtle down the coast in pelekona! coffee, some leftover cookies... i pass out... wake up, hit surf shop, buy leash, go to burleigh, watch the surf from on high, drive down the other side and hop in the water... thanks to g for the use of a board, a pretty little red&yellow fish. practiced pop ups on the beach, ("you never told me about this") and into the water... conditions: a big ol bathtub. choppy. the nymph was nervous. surf was small (small blessings!) and i would've ripped it up on my little foamey bboard... my arms hurt today from paddling... looks like it's back into swim training this summer! matt was patient, even when i tumbled off & hit him in the head with my board (*giggle* i really shouldn't laugh, eh!?)... i can't say i was quite as patient. it would be nice if i wasn't learning all by myself... i like having people to goof off with. lizzard, shake yer booty down undah and we'll hit the beach! oh! and after i got too frustrated/tired, we took a walk down the beach, tossed the footy and looked for seashells to hang on the christmas tree!

then out to dinner, home, booty call, movie, games...

monday, work. shhhhh... don't talk, bask in the weekend for a little while longer!

(let's go surfin now
emily is learning how
come on and safari with me!!)