A comment from one of my writer friends inspired me to write this morning. It has been a while! Doesn’t everyone who blogs say that, all of the time? But really, I think it has been a year.

Recap:

1) I stood up last September after only 14 months and 27 days of learning. As one of my surfing friends said to me yesterday “You have to commit.” Well, I did.

2) I learned to standup paddleboard in September, thanks to my good friend John Beausang.

3) In November, I did standup paddleboard water support for the Beach to Battleship Ironman triathlon here in Wilmington, NC. I pulled a hypothermic swimmer out of the water. That was stressful! Glad I was there at the right place/right time.

4) In December I bought a new surfboard at the Hope from Helen charity surf auction. It is a 9″ longboard with the East Coast Surf label. Made locally. I finally took it out this week and it is a DREAM to surf.

5) In December, I also bought a “whopper” Starboard from John B., with a nice paddle and PFD, so I’ve been having fun paddling around the calmer waters and doing the “rec races” in the local paddleboard races.

6) In January, we bought my husband a kayak so that he could, in theory, kayak with me while I SUP. That hasn’t really happened. Anyone want to buy a kayak?

I’m not really made of money

So, where did this insane spending spree of water equipment come from? I have no idea, but I can’t move away from the ocean now.

But, that’s ok with me.

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