*flops down with silly grin*

[highlyeccentric]

ZOMG BEEEEEACH. I know I say this every time I go to a proper beach (ie, once every couple of years, these days), but OMG I NEED TO GO TO THE BEACH MOAR. SRSly. I've almost forgotten how to body board, I spent ages tentatively bobbing over waves, skeered to get tumbled, and I have no strength anymore. I miss being able to just fling myself at the surf and, well, sink or swim as the case may be. And I know, because I have at least two LJ entries declariing this, that BEEEEACH is just about the best thing there is for the mental health of the Amy.


So. Some waves were caught. Toddlers were given joyrides on the board I'd borrowed from cousin R. Little B. took a face-first tumble off the board and may not yet have forgiven me. She had floaties on and I plucked her out at once, so the worst she got was a facefull of water. Facefull of water never hurt anyone! Bit rough on your first encounter with a surf beach, though.


Also I did manage to catch some waves, but I still haven't figured out how to stop. So I did a lot of skidding right into shore. Somehow my father, despite being Chief Cameraman, failed to get a photo of me skidding right up to Mum's legs. I kind of wanted one to match the one we have of me doing the same thing at five years old. On Boxing Day, in fact.


Dear Northerners: what do you do on Boxing Day without the Boxing Day Test and the Sydney to Hobart to distract bored family members? Christmas in the winter I can understand, but the true meaning of Boxing Day is veeeerrry slow sporting events. And surfing, if one is lucky enough to have surf available.


I have decided that my Christmas decisions next year will be based on whatever option provides me the best beach-going opportunities. The parentals will have a head start, due to being in Perth...


Ed. for HTML fail. Also, I am reeeeeallly hungry. Staying in other people's houses is not good for my tendency to eat small meals and then get hungry again. Eg: if you are the only person who eats a moderate serving at Christmas lunch, you're the weird person who's actually hungry at dinner time.

Comments

[kayloulee]

this is what my Canadian relatives watch instead of the Sydney to Hobart et cetera. It is great.

[monksandbones]

I second this! They do this, and shop at the Boxing day/week sales, and sometimes both, because mall TVs often show the World Juniors during the sales. I have a picture on my phone somewhere of the shopping hordes pausing and crowding around a TV in the Orchard Park Mall in Kelowna to watch a particularly gripping moment in one of the games...


... oh right, I don't have my canadianborg icon yet on DW.

[zhelana]

Maybe that's why we don't do boxing day in the US? I dunno. Husband is at work again today. I'm contemplating looking for a movie to watch or something.