First Day

I spent the first day of this year alone at the beach. It was cold and the water was freezing and somehow I still loved it.

It can be difficult to share the beach that has been yours all winter to the summer crowd. It makes you feel like they shouldn’t be there. I don’t know why, there are only miles and miles of ocean here in Southern California and plenty of room. I guess we all get a little territorial at times.

It was really windy by my house buy not at the beach. It was so clear you could see all the mountains and Catalina looked closer than ever. There were only a few people out and only three of us in the water, but it were fun just the same.

I had to put my wet suit on before even attempting to go into the ocean. I still did, just like I did all last winter. Last summer I had to put on my ipod to drown out the conversations of teenagers. Boys and girls that talked too much about nothing much, this time it was nice and quite. There was one dog near buy, but he wasn’t too loud. This time I listen to music just to relax.

At my house there are six puppies to make lots of noise. It was really nice to have some peace and quite. I wasn’t hung over and it didn’t really feel like a new year, but I hadn’t been to the beach in a few weeks and I just really needed to get out.

It was just a brief visit and I had to get back home, and pick up the ham dinner I had ordered. Even with all the big meals around this time of year I was able to lose four pounds. I made sure not to over eat and to keep doing some type of exercise.

I took a deep breath and gathered up my things. The smell of salt water stayed in my hair all the way home. There were only two cops that I saw, so I was able to do 80 all the way home. Not a bad way to start off the first day of the year.