The Ultra-Adventures of a Painfully Normal Girl

For those of you who know me, I can be downright terrified of the water in certain circumstances. So when I say I took a surfing lesson with Josh, it was a big deal. Well, I had a blast. Being the first lesson, we did plenty of drills on the beach to learn how to stand first. The instructor assured me that it wouldn't be scary at all and that the water would not be more than waist deep where we were.

Finally it was time to hit the surf. Mind you, it was not like the surfing you usually see. We would ride the wave in towards the beach. Unfortunately on my second attempt, I crashed unceremoniously landing with my toes bent back at a ridiculous angle. Luckily, I only suffered some soft tissue swelling and pain. The same cannot be said for Josh, who broke one toe and fractured another. (At least now, we have a good story...).

After a few tries, I finally was able to stand. Our instructor was so excited to see me stand that he came skipping over to me and tackled me into the surf to the point where I was entirely submerged. Normally at this point, I would have majorly panicked, but I stayed amazing calm instead. VICTORY!

Moral of this story... I had to take a few days off from running to let my foot heal. Hopefully, I will be back Thursday!