easily distracted, like emus!

swim report saturday 11/27 noon: dianadarling, cami, lftc, ruth. after getting ready with wetsuits, zinc sunblock and coconut oil (dd likes to swim nakie and smell like food when she swims) a young telecommunications major asked to interview us for her presentation, since we looked and smelled so great, we had to do it. we all know how hot white faces under black neoprene hoodies and bodies stuffed into wetsuits look on video. she asked our names, how long we've been swimming, what we see, are we afraid, what happens during our swims and sea lion reactions. we did okay, diana and ruth spoke the most, thankfully. we trekked down and jumped in to 59 degrees, i'd have to say that this is 'holy shit' cold. it was clear to the bottom, flat, smooth seas. we slipped to the 1/4 and went caveward. some clear spots her and there but no epic sightings. cami started a game of tag, we started well but found a great big clear spot so that was it for tag. we are much like emu's in that we are easily distracted by bright shiny things and the clarity was bright and shiny. again, we suck at tag. we head back in and near the #6 pin we decided to race in as a group, for cardio and to intimidate the sea lions. the cardio element was great, the sea lions were not impressed. my neck boo boo flared up and i had a severe cold water reaction, red, stinging skin and some welts. later when i was whining to dave about this issue he gave me sage advice: take a week or two off from swimming so my "neck will have time to develop a callus". i wish you guys had been there to hear what i had to say about this. there was cursing, eye popping, accusations of him trying to kill me and talk of divorce (he gets the dogs and his subaru and that's it). i won't take any time off from swimming and the neck callus? as sexy as it would be, i'll try to avoid it with salves, balms and goo. all in all a fun swim with people i freaking LOVE. i'll even live with a neck callus to get some more.
lftc-out