My Weekend Report

Went out both Saturday and Sunday, which lately, is an accomplishment in itself. Saturday, I was at the far left end of the Hook (my typical spot) about 10:30-11am and the lines were actually coming in pretty consistently. Typical Hook-style waves. But the shoulders weren't hitting too much, which is what you hope for when you are on that side. I guess I thought it would have been flatter. It still takes me a while to "warm up", but I caught a couple waves (and one nice purl..no wonder no one was on it!) before it went completely flat. I guess I got in just when the high tide was pushing, and then it turned into "lake high tide". Funny, when I got that last wave in, everyone else was doing the same thing. There was practically a freeway back-up getting off the beach!

Sunday, went to Manresa with the family and some friends who popped into town to escape the heat from Sacto. It had been 2 years since John (from Sacto) had been in the water, and he used to live at the beach in San Diego. His 3 year old son doesn't know what a surf board is. (But at least knows the skate board.) Damn, that must hurt! At least, they are planning on moving here when he grads from Sacto State... There were some really small one's there, but luckily my flat-nosed board can take it best out of everyone's. Unfortunately, it takes so much longer to rally up the group and get b-fast (great bfast burrito place in Rio del Mar BTW...), rather than getting up and going by yourself that by the time I got there, had a whole 30 minutes in the water before turning around for a 1pm appointment I scheduled before I knew we had plans. And, the lady didn't even show up! (Still have a duplex for rent in SV, if anyone's intersted...) At least caught a good couple of waves to make the trip worth it! (...and got a few more errands done later that day too.) I heard it picked up after I left, but not for a few more hours and not for very long. The hubby came home with a nice sand-burn mark on the left half of his forehead - piledriver! His neck and back was seriously hurting that night, and brain was a bit foggy. Or, was that the Don Julio he had for the pain?!?!

All in all, I was dreading the growing belly was the big factor hindering my surfing, and I know it will eventually. But at least, now that work has calmed down a bit, I notice it's not as bad as I thought. At least I'm catching waves again (even though no improvements to speak of) and I have fun. I should know known - this work project happens the same time every year and every year my surfing ability gets crappier right around that time. I guess I have a bit more brain-power to concentrate on the fun things again...at least until the belly gets bigger! :)