Well, not really. I've actually never "hung 10". For all of you who think this means that you were hungover for 10 hours, let me explain. It's when you put all 10 toes over the nose of your surf board while riding on the wave. It's another one of those things that look really, really easy, but is on the expert level. I can't think of a good example right now, but you get the point! Chris (my oh-so-hot hubby) had a hang five the other day where his entire foot was off the front of the board. For those of you that know Chris, you can imagine seeing a big-foot-esque appendage (size 15!) flapping away at the surf. He did so twice. Chris is a very good long boarder, so of course he just had to show off that day...I love it! I went surfing with my new friend Isabel yesterday. It was the girls' turn to show off! (Read the last sentence VERY sarcastically!) After getting hit in the head pretty hard by my board, things started actually going really well. I stood up several times and so did Isabel. Then, finally, like waiting for your kid to actually go on the potty, it just happened... I got my first real Nica wave all the way into the beach. Some people may have referred to it as a ripple, but so what? I did it! The most important thing is I now remember why I fell in love with this sport 9 years ago and for just one moment in the water, I forgot all about that baby making thing that's been holding me back! Yay! I found this really cool shell on my way in to remind me of my first real Nica wave... (The picture above does it no justice, but note how big it looks in River's hands.)
It's been raining here all day and probably will most of tomorrow, as we have a bad storm coming through, but it's been a great week! And if our babysitter can cross the two burgeoning rivers to get here on her moto, we'll be having a date night tonight! Our friends may join us tonight, but may not because they sponsored a local girl to pay for her schooling and since then she's gotten very, very sick with a hernia to where she's on her death bed. Isabel paid for her to ride in an ambulance the other day to get some pain medications and antibiotics at the hospital, which is about an hour away, but the little girl's family didn't have the money for the surgery to actually remove it. So sad! This girl is probably about 6 years old, has no plumbing and sleeps on a dirt floor and now is on her death bed in severe pain. Isabel found a surgeon and she was going to try to have the girl worked on today, so she has a pretty good excuse not to make it to dinner. Please pray for this little girl to get the care she needs! I am so glad I found a new friend who inspires me~ I will be searching for a way my family can help someone very soon!
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