Day at the Beach

Well, I didn't get the chance to entertain you yesterday with stories about the day at the lake. I shall attempt to remedy that now. I can't promise you that it will be all that entertaining though.

We got a little later of a start than anticipated. It was cool though. We got our sandwiches made, the sodas in the cooler (no ice yet) and towels, blanket and sunscreen. We were out the door. We had to stop and get chips....then stop and get ice. We were on our way. The whole time I kept thinking how nice it was going to be out there. Surely it wouldn't be busy. It was Wednesday, and in the middle of the day.

I was wrong.

It was still cool though. All the other lake-goers provided entertainment of their own. There was the young guy and girl, beautiful specimens of nature, who couldn't seem to keep their hands off each other. Then there were several ladies, dotted here and there, who, I'm sorry to say, were not such beautiful specimens of nature and who had the audacity to display their less than bikini perfect bodies in none other than....bikinis. They must not own full length mirrors. That is the only explanation I can figure.

Yes, yes, I'm quite aware of the fact that I do not possess a bikini bod either. But then, you wouldn't catch me out there in one. I don't own a bathing suit of any sort. No, I do not swim naked...LOL. I would, if I were the only out there...I love being naked, but I don't think I could trust that to ever happen. It's a rather popular swimming beach.

Onward to one of the highlights of the day. I lost my glasses! Yes, I am aware that I should not have been wearing them in the water. Without them though, I cannot make out which two of the bobbing heads in the water belong to me. I took a gamble...I lost. I wasn't too awful upset about it though. I needed new glasses. No, I really couldn't afford the $240 that it cost me to replace them, but it's nice to have new glasses.

I'm stylin'.

Ok, so one of the pair I got is bifocals...not so stylish...but the other pair are single-vision and cool looking. I'll be wearing them most of the time.

What really hurts my pocketbook right now is that I need to get a bearing replaced on my car. That's going in the shop Monday and is going to cost me at least $230. OUCH! I'm going to be more broke than Humpty Dumpty for a while. It's a good thing I got 3 paychecks this month.

 Eh, things go wrong, things break, that's the way of life. I'm just thankful that it didn't happen until I did have the money to fix it all. Perspective....it's all in how you look at things. I can't complain. I seem to always manage to do what needs to be done.

Well, I think that pretty much does it for now. The children of the corn are waiting impatiently for me to take them to the YMCA this evening. Wow, that sounds like fun, doesn't it?

Did I veil the sarcasm enough or did it seep through? LOL

Smell ya later...

Ciao!