Yesterday the ocean kicked my ass... and I cried a little, both in it, aaaaaaand again when I got out...
I just got so frustrated... hell I'm still frustrated!
Like confidence crushing frustrated like "maybe I just can't do this..." and "maybe I should just give up and go in" and "maybe I really didn't use to pick things up naturally, maybe that was just everyone being nice" *sigh* Pairing all that with my natural stubbornness I probably stayed out longer than absolutely necessary before I decided that I really was tired nay exhausted, and that the possibility of getting up (remote as it had been when I started) was quickly diminishing to a big fat ZERO.
For something that I've done before, and enjoyed up in Tofino... It sure sucks not being able to get up when I can see other people getting up down here, and then on top of that getting stuck in the wave crush zone on the way out so that by the time a nice wave comes in again you're too tired to get up...
Or it flips you over, and rips your board out of your hands... and tugs on your board leash...
Or sucks you under and tumbles you a little bit just for fun... and tugs on your board leash again...
Or it chucks you off face first and forcibly rinses your brain out through your nostrils...
Or gets you all excited like you might actually do it this time, and then just rolls on by...
I'm pretty sure the Ocean was toying with me yesterday, and I'm pretty sure I have salt water in my brain... because I definitely have sand in my ears.
On a lighter note, the sunset was gorgeous... as was the bronzed lifeguard that ran up the pier and jumped off to assist a kite boarder that had managed to get himself tangled up...
I just got so frustrated... hell I'm still frustrated!
Like confidence crushing frustrated like "maybe I just can't do this..." and "maybe I should just give up and go in" and "maybe I really didn't use to pick things up naturally, maybe that was just everyone being nice" *sigh* Pairing all that with my natural stubbornness I probably stayed out longer than absolutely necessary before I decided that I really was tired nay exhausted, and that the possibility of getting up (remote as it had been when I started) was quickly diminishing to a big fat ZERO.
For something that I've done before, and enjoyed up in Tofino... It sure sucks not being able to get up when I can see other people getting up down here, and then on top of that getting stuck in the wave crush zone on the way out so that by the time a nice wave comes in again you're too tired to get up...
Or it flips you over, and rips your board out of your hands... and tugs on your board leash...
Or sucks you under and tumbles you a little bit just for fun... and tugs on your board leash again...
Or it chucks you off face first and forcibly rinses your brain out through your nostrils...
Or gets you all excited like you might actually do it this time, and then just rolls on by...
I'm pretty sure the Ocean was toying with me yesterday, and I'm pretty sure I have salt water in my brain... because I definitely have sand in my ears.
On a lighter note, the sunset was gorgeous... as was the bronzed lifeguard that ran up the pier and jumped off to assist a kite boarder that had managed to get himself tangled up...
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