They're the day of play instead of work, of no traffic (unless you decide to go somewhere fun), of wearing pj's all day if you want to. Saturdays are pancake breakfast days, new book finding days, days to recover from long hours and late nights, days to be shared with friends.
Last Saturday was the best Saturday I've had in a while.
I woke up and instead of grabbing for my usual uniform of leggings and a cozy sweater to begin my day, I threw on my swimsuit, grabbed my wetsuit, towel, a cup of coffee, and I was off! It was time to go belatedly celebrate my birthday with friends at the sea.
The first stop was Costa Mesa, and driving there to meet some friends was one of those rare drives. You know the kind of drive where traffic is easy and all your favorite songs are on the radio, and you hit only green lights? It was good.
I met up with my friends, and we were off to the ocean!
I don't think I can quite explain how and why I love the ocean as much as I do. For all the same reasons that everyone else loves her, I guess. The ocean is wild and playful and beautiful and calming and dangerous. She's the most compelling type of lady. The kind that calls to you to come see what all she's hiding, but loves to maintain her mystery.
So spending the day at the ocean with some of my favorite people was a good way to begin.
First I have to be quite clear-- I am not a good surfer. I've only been a handful of times, mostly because California water is freezing cold, but also because surfers scare me and I'm too intimidated to go alone. Buying a wetsuit last month was a good first step. I've gone more in the last few weeks than I have since I moved to Orange County! But anyways, don't get any impressive mental images of me surfing, because you'd just be deluding yourself. I only got up once; the rest of the time I practiced falling. A lot. At one point I surfed backwards. It would have been kind of cool if it hadn't been so clearly accidental.
But still, having fun and being ridiculous in the ocean with your friends is a good way to spend a Saturday.
After being in the water for a couple hours and achieving complete and total loss of feeling in my fingers and toes from the cold, we left the beach and went back to a friends apartment for coffee and doughnuts and good conversation. I ended up having wonderful chats with a newer friend about all kinds of things-- politics and God and adventures and travel.
Finding new kindred spirits is one of my favorite things about life.
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| Celebrating a belated birthday at True Food |
That night, we all got dressed up and went off to dinner at a new restaurant called True Food Kitchen! The menu was wonderful. Everything was fresh and hot and healthy. When we went up to the bar the first thing I noticed was that it smelled the way my kitchen had when I was doing the juice cleanse. All their mixed drink used fresh ingredients from fruits that were juiced in front of you at the bar! The result was pretty incredible. My favorite was the ginger margarita-- incredible.
There was nothing bad about that Saturday. I spent my time outside enjoying the beautiful California weather while I played with my friends. I had great conversations, and I was celebrated by a group of friends that is so good at making people feel loved.
Three cheers for Saturdays! I can't wait to see what all the following ones will bring.
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