I live approx. 3 minutes from the beach. One of my favorite places in the world. It has been my dream to live right on the water since I was little. I can't even explain to you how much I love sitting and listening to the waves or waking up and looking off my porch to see the clear blue ocean. It's perfect. Let me tell you a little about the beach that sits right across the street from my home. Well for starters the water is AlWAYS the perfect temperature. There is no arguing that. Two: the sand squeaks when you walk on it and it is blinding white, but in a good way. Three: there are millions of shells that line the waters edge- especially when it's low tide. I'm keeping a collection on the table beside my bed. Four: there are barely any blue bottles directly outside of our house so I am not scared to go in the water! It's a huge deal. Five: the water is really clear and sometimes you can see things swimming around your feet. Six: it may look calm from the shore, but it's definitely not. The waves are a lot stronger than they look and a lot bigger once you're standing directly next to one. Seven: there are a lot of rips, which can get pretty strong, but the life guards are on duty and they post flags for people to swim in so it's safe. (I should probably learn to swim there... but that's a story for later). Eight: the sunsets are beautiful - even though it sets on the other side. Nine: the waves have been amazing lately giving Matt perfect waves to surf on and Molly and I perfect waves to practice on. And lastly, it is the perfect place for long walks with my boyfriend either after school or at sunset. It's one of my favorite things to do. It's so cliche, but I really do love long walks on the beach. After reading this it's really okay to be jealous, I would be too :) haha just kidding.
Anywho! So I really should be studying for my psych midterm... I kind of already have so this is my break. This weekend was a really, really, really good one. I had so much fun spending time with my wonderful roomies and our friends from Brisbane! We pretty much spent the entire weekend at the beach getting tan and practicing surfing. I attempted to teach Molly how to paddle out which was an experience. While she was out braving the waves, I stayed a little more shallow and yelled directions at her. I'm not sure if coaching is one of my strong suites. Sunday Shwayze came to the Gold Coast so of course we had to go see him. It was SO much fun. I loved every minute and the fact that I knew most of the songs thanks to my boyfriend who is obsessed. Oh and I pretty much almost drowned one of the days cause I got caught in a gnarly rip tide - but thankfully Matt was there to save me. I can honestly say I'm still scared to go back out, but I'm working my way in slowly. Lets see... what else... well I'm ready for this week/weekend to be over! (never thought I'd say that). I'm dreading my midterm Saturday. Thankfully it will be over at 6pm and we can all go out and enjoy the last bit of our weekend! Well I'm done with my break so I'm gonna go back and study. Hope everything is going well. Love and miss you all tons!
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