Darth Marsden
08-30-2005, 01:43 PM
This is a true story. Yes, all of it. Seriously.
I'm on my way back from the Job Centre (because we all know I'm still unemployed, grumble grumble) and since it's so hot, I decide to get a drink. I buy a bottle of Cherry Coke and as soon as I open it - WOOSH. It foams up and spills out of the bottle. Mercifully I got it away from all my paperwork, but it still got all over my hands, making them all sticky. (Hmm..!) I decide rather then go to a public toilet to wash them, I'll just go to the beach, which is a ten minute walk away.
Anyway, I get to the beach and there's, I dunno, hundereds of people all taking advantage of this beautiful day. The sun is out, there's not a cloud in the sky and it's ever-so-slightly breezy. Perfect holiday weather. So I make my way to the ocean (the tide is out, so I have to go over stones and sand) and I think to myself "Sod this, I'm going for a dip". So I put my bag down, take off my trainers (I'm not wearing socks, because it's so hot) and put them in the bag, roll my jeans up to my knees and walk into the water.
20 minutes later, I'm soaked to the bone, lying down in the water and loving every second of it. I hadn't done anything like this in years, and I'm wondering "Why?". It's so much fun! I get up, take my shirt off (smart navy-blue short-sleeved shirt, as opposed to a t-shirt), dip it in the water, put it back on and make my way back to my bag. I literally walk all the way home (that's another 20 minutes, since I'm at the far end of the beach) like this, bear-foot and carrying my bag in one hand.
I'm going back down there tomorrow. Hope the weather's this nice again.
I'm on my way back from the Job Centre (because we all know I'm still unemployed, grumble grumble) and since it's so hot, I decide to get a drink. I buy a bottle of Cherry Coke and as soon as I open it - WOOSH. It foams up and spills out of the bottle. Mercifully I got it away from all my paperwork, but it still got all over my hands, making them all sticky. (Hmm..!) I decide rather then go to a public toilet to wash them, I'll just go to the beach, which is a ten minute walk away.
Anyway, I get to the beach and there's, I dunno, hundereds of people all taking advantage of this beautiful day. The sun is out, there's not a cloud in the sky and it's ever-so-slightly breezy. Perfect holiday weather. So I make my way to the ocean (the tide is out, so I have to go over stones and sand) and I think to myself "Sod this, I'm going for a dip". So I put my bag down, take off my trainers (I'm not wearing socks, because it's so hot) and put them in the bag, roll my jeans up to my knees and walk into the water.
20 minutes later, I'm soaked to the bone, lying down in the water and loving every second of it. I hadn't done anything like this in years, and I'm wondering "Why?". It's so much fun! I get up, take my shirt off (smart navy-blue short-sleeved shirt, as opposed to a t-shirt), dip it in the water, put it back on and make my way back to my bag. I literally walk all the way home (that's another 20 minutes, since I'm at the far end of the beach) like this, bear-foot and carrying my bag in one hand.
I'm going back down there tomorrow. Hope the weather's this nice again.