On Saturday, The Wench and I spent the entire morning hanging out on the beach. It was heaven! My cousin lives approximately 8 minutes from the beach, so of course we crashed on his couch Friday night after the reception to take full advantage of all that beachy goodness. And we were not disappointed. We sat there from nine to two, and it was beautiful! After the stress of manning the kitchen during the reception, hanging out doing nothing was pure bliss. I lathered up with spf 45, several times, and managed to walk away without even a slight tan. I read about half of my new book, The Time Travelers Wife (stay tuned for the review!) and I even got in the ocean. I feel like I should explain. I. do. not. get. in. the ocean. Ever. I spent 10 days in Hawaii about 2 years ago, in a house that dropped off into the ocean -and I only dipped my feet in the water. I went to San Diego last Labor Day and stayed in a house on the beach, and did not get in the water once. I am terrified of sharks, and open water, and I don’t care how often you tell me there aren’t sharks on this beach, I am paranoid and will stay away from the water. It’s a phobia; logic, reason & scientific data will have absolutely no sway in your argument, no matter how well presented.
Someone told me once that I am half a beach-bum. My favorite thing to do is sit on the beach and watch the water, listen to the waves, and let my imagination take me away. I guess the other half of being a beach-bum is the get in the water part… which I’m not so keen about. But the day-dreaming part is absolute heaven.
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Ahhh the beach. It’s sad to me that I live on a coast and yet not at all very close to a nice beach. Seems unfair, doesn’t it?
Comment by janet 2007 August 22 @ 2:14 amI don’t do swimming in the ocean, either. I’m not scared, really, but I grew up in the Land O’ Lakes and the whole waves and salt water thing just seems kinda weird to me!
Comment by L Sass 2007 August 22 @ 9:19 ami definitely conquered my fears of fish this summer by just doing it. it was awesome! i did swim w/ turtles, octopus, lots and lots of fish, and unexpectedly w/ a reef shark! baby steps or just do it.
Comment by Erica 2007 August 23 @ 11:08 amTotally agree, to sit on a becah philosophizing and dreaming is just lovely, and sunbathing, go swimming is not.
One of the lovliest experience with water, though not on the beach itself, is Christmas Eve some years ago. We spent them at the Azores and I couldn’t sleep, so I sat on the balcony listening to the waves of the Atlantic that you could hardly see in the dark. Thinking about life and living. Memorable moment.
Comment by Pia K 2007 August 23 @ 1:00 pm