and so i declare the first full week of summer a complete success! why? let's list the reasons:1. spent 5 out of 7 days of it at the beach
2. still had lots of time to get in a workout (during the non-crowded times of day too)
3. went back to yoga for the first time in two months
4. lost track of what day it was
5. didn't have to wake up early once!
hands down the best thing about summer is the time. time to do everything i've been putting off during the year. sometimes this relates to big projects (like finally finishing my cousin's slideshow dvd for her grad party this week), but most of it relates to those little projects that, once started, gets bigger and bigger and consumes much more time than you thought it would (like cleaning the car). but because there's no work and all the time in the world to do both the things that you want to do and the things you need to do, summertime is great. so let's recap quickly:
saturday - this i consider the official start of my summer because even though i was out of work since the wednesday before, that week was tainted with working on monday and tuesday, so summer actually started on saturday for me... and through the magic of summertime i forgot what i did on saturday! woo hoo! and i didn't write it down on my calendar (mental star points for me for not subjecting my entire life to what's scheduled on my calendar... shows personal growth right? yay me.)! i think i went to the beach...
sunday - woke up late, cleaned the floors, did some laundry, then went to tennis, another great day.
monday - surprisingly, i woke up early. early enough to go to the gym (man is it NOT crowded during the day), buy some sushi and even after that had time to hike it down to waimea bay and snorkel a bit (and snap some pictures, cool huh?)
tuesday - worked on the slideshow in the morning (i like doing slideshows, i don't really have a reason to do it often, but when i do it's a nice little creative outlet), then went surfing at chun's (flat, but super nice weather)wednesday - another mid-day workout at the gym and, what the heck, went surfing again! y'know, for some reason by the time 2:00 pm rolls around i think it's already too late to go to the beach, but man, it's still light out at 7 pm, so i gotta not worry about the time so much (thinking about traffic or crowds) and just do what i want to do!
thursday - cleaned the car all morning... i didn't think it'd take so long, but after washing and waxing i decided to vaccuum all the dog hair outta the seats from when i took the a-dawg to the beach. man, that took forever. of course i had a whole shore-load worth of sand in there and some other gunk too, but now it's spiffy clean from top to bottom, even armor-all-ed the dash and junk. then i went surfing again! woo hoo! now by the time i got to ali'i it was like 3 pm and i thought it'd already start to either be windy and cold, or super crowded. the surf report said flat to 1' but i knew that a small swell was coming on friday so i chanced it anyway. man, what a good decision! it was only me and one kid out there and the sets were sweet! super clean, long rides, plus since i was like the only one out there i could catch each set and ride it as long as i wanted. then, after about an hour of small stuff that swell started to roll in... much bigger than the surf report said. i mean, it could have been just because there was no one else out there, but i was getting the rides of my life man, i mean almost barrels and stuff. it was sweet. and even when i left there was still no one out there. man, i couldn't wait to get back out there again the next day.
friday - well, when i took a look at the surf report when i woke up the swell came in... but it came in too big. tons of people out there and overhead, which is not a good combination for me, i'm not that good a surfer. but luckily for me it was pretty rainy today, so i don't feel bad about not scrapping up the courage to chance the waves. instead i had a nice safe day, another mid-day workout, sushi for lunch, and a haircut to end the day. on the mental schedule for tomorrow... beach, maybe some tennis (hopefully) and then a grad party at night. let's keep this summer going!
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