Guess what I got back into doing? TENNIS!!!! It didn't hurt that I watched Wimbledon all weekend but I found my tennis rackets and went to the park. It felt soooooooo good. I haven't played since before seminary and it just felt great to be ABLE to go out and play.
I had so much fun hitting the ball. It was a good stress reliever. haha. It was a good release to be able to hit the balls as hard as I could against the backboard. I did some serving too. Not too bad. :-). I can't get over how good it felt to be able to do that. I need to play more and I need to hit against real people. I will have to look into that. Newton has a lot of tennis courts, but only one backboard. So the advantage will be to find some people to play with.
I also went back to the beach today, after church. I love going to the beach and just hanging out. BUT today, I tried to go for a swim. OMG. It WAS COLD!!!! Imagine that you are taking a nice warm shower. Then all of a sudden, your "friend" takes a 5 gallon bucket of ice cold water, water that has been in the really big refrigerator, and then you fill the bucket with ice. Imagine that "friend" pouring the water over you while you are in the shower, with a nice slow, stead, pour. That is what it felt like. My legs were numb. I walked about waist high and then decided to dive the rest of the way. It took my breath away. Brrrrr. I did not stay too long.
A lot of people were there today. It was one of the warmer days, at 91 degrees. I was there for about three hours. You know what I did (after I thawed)? I just sat there and watched. I watched a group of guys playing soccer and speaking Spanish. I watched a brother and sister building a sand castle. I watched the teen age girls and their boyfriends frolicking in the water.
I watched the waves creeping closer and closer. I also listened. I listened to the waves, to the breeze, to the planes flying overhead, the kids screaming, everything. It was just a somber and restful afternoon.
It was a reflective afternoon.
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