We went kayaking around the Confederation Bridge in PEI. The water looked so calm, no white caps, but the swells were ginormous. In this photo, I'm gritting my teeth so hard in nervous apprehension I'm near toothless. I only wish you could see that my boat was lifting up and down about 4 to 5 feet and dropping with a splash over each swell.
Nope, I have not temporarily lost control of my fashion faculties or taken drastic steps backwards in my ability to dress myself, I'm wearing a spray skirt and booties. It keeps me dry while I paddle. We decided we would kayak to and camp on an island. From the shore, it looked nice, but once we got there, it was more like a horror movie involving millions of birds. Wait, that movie's already been made. The Birds. Needless to say, we kayaked back to shore in the dark, as the seagulls made so much noise we had to yell at each other to be heard, not to mention the poop.
Speaking of poop, it's hot, damn hot. I'm PMSy, bloated, and drinking much water, eating many vedgies, now I have the poops...at work. I'm good now though, I think it's all through. Just no sudden movements or bursts of laughter.
Speaking of hot, last week was 30 degrees plus humidity making it 38 to 40 degrees outside. That's nearly half way to boiling...literally.
Final points:
- Ran the 10K and finished in almost exactly 1 hour. I wasn't last...WOOO
- I'm finally moved in to B+'s house. Have yet to unpack. I freaking hate unpacking.
- Oh ya, almost forgot, we're eloping. Sssshhh no one is supposed to know. Except now you guys know. Ooops, my bad! I spilled the beans. We're going to Newfoundland first week of August and eloping while we're there, it's all set up and ready to go. I even have a dress picked out and being adjusted to fit me as I type this. It's beautiful, simple but beautiful. I'll post pictures later. No one even knows we're engaged so this will be a bit of a shocker for everyone, but I remind myself, it's about myself and B+, and no one else. We'll have a rockin party when we get back to appease some of the royally pissed off family members. There will be cake. There HAS to be cake at some point. This is my only request.
- Last and final point, the toaster has magically returned. All is right with the world.
8 Love Me:
Congrats McB! Nice women deserve to be happy.
Congrats on the Race and the move in!!!
(and the eloping)
Shhh! Flash! No one's supposed to know about the, well, you know. ;)
I am so, so happy for you.
You should get some cake just because the toaster returned.
I'm just sayin'... ;)
--snow
I've only kayaked in relatively calm water - must be more exciting fighting swells! At least you're in a sea layak, not one of those small rec ones.
Mr. Friendly and gang: Garsh you guys, you're all so kind. Thank you for the congratulations. I kinda brings a tear to my eye cuz as of yet, I've had no one to share this with, aside from my hubby-to-be of course. No one to help me with all exciting pre-wedding stuff or just to gush over the excitement.
Flash: enjoy your impending move into your new house. If you can afford movers, do it. It's so worth it. I'm paying for deep tissue massage to fix the damage to my back from the packing and moving and I'm not exactly a 90 lb weakling either. Movers would have been way cheaper.
Snow: cake for any reason is always a great idea. I like your thought processes. :-)
Shamus: I wouldn't dream of going near that water with anything but a sea kayak. The rudder was invaluable. At some points however (I got too close to the old ferry dock) the water was more like a washing machine, and the waves just went in all directions. I thought I might get stuck in there, the rudder wasn't even helping. Just got tossed all around.
omg! engaged & eloping! weeee!
that's the best damn thing i've heard all week
CONGRATS TO BOTH OF YOU
it should be about you two, don't worry bout anyone else. I can't wait to see pics!!
also loved your kayak pics, hard to believe you about the swells though as the water does look calm ,but i beleive you. don't you just love PEI?? that place has a magical quality for me...love it over there
Toasters have a habit of disapperaring and then reappearing without warning.
Congrats on the eloping. I hope no-one you know reads this and lets the cat out of the bag.
Flea: thank you so much, and ya, PEI is magical. I love it there. I haven't spent much time there in the winter but from what I can tell, it's no different than NB. I hope to live there sometime soon, on the ocean. WOO!
Ultra Toast:I'm curious, how did you come up with your blogger name? Are you a fan of toast? No one I know, knows about this site except one friend (T), and I trust her beyond all reason. I'm not worried.
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