After waking up to a breathtaking sunrise on the beach and doing a little writing, Friday afternoon was spent doing the epitome of relaxation on the beach – lying by the ocean. E and I headed down to the sand around 10am – sunblock? Check. Music? Check. Cute hat in tow? Check. We couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather. There was hardly any humidity, the breeze was blowing and the temperature was in the high 70s.
I’ve spent 20 years wondering what this was going to be like and in one of those rare moments in life it’s actually equivalent or better than your imagination this afternoon was perfect.
I also discovered there is not a strong difference between knowing if the crying you hear in the distance is a baby or a seagull.
We laid around until about 2pm and decided to take a walk down the beach. I’m a big people watcher so it was fun to see families and little kids playing in the sand together, people with their dogs, older couples holding hands walking along the beach… it seemed everyone was in a good mood.
We collected some shells and headed back to the condo to clean up a little and head to the pool. This is where I made a fatal mistake… I thought, “Oh, it’s 3pm I don’t need to reapply my sunscreen.” If my I’m-so-burned-I’m-purple backside could go back and tell my I’m-not-nearly-tan-enough-to-skip-the-sunscreen backside something it would be to rethink this decision.
The pool had a drink stand near it so I decided to treat myself after being so diligent with my detoxing. Nothing like a cherry adorned drink by the pool.
Naps in the sun. Plenty of time to think. Be thankful. Still be in shock I was at the beach, even if it was for just a couple of days.
Once we peeled ourselves off (literally) the chairs and trudged back to the condo, we got ready to head out in search of dinner. I had gotten it in my head that I was going to eat oysters while we were here. As luck would have it, none of the restaurants we decided on had them!
However, we did enjoy dinner at The Porch – oysters weren’t on the menu so I settled on some blue crab dip and fried green tomatoes. Fried green tomatoes and I go waaay back and these suckers were not flying away from me this time.
The food was absolutely amazing. E got fried mac and cheese balls (aka: heart attack in a hushpuppy) which were like little balls of love. And, cholesterol.
We drove around and checked out some places we wanted to visit the next day. After catching the sunset at Shelter Cove, we walked around the harbor. The weather was a bit chilly but nothing a warm sweater can’t fix. The sun had gone down and the stars were out – we talked about seeing ourselves coming back one day with families. One day.
Friday was truly a lazy day… lying out in the sun all day zapped our energy and I was about 3 sheets to the wind because of my sunburn, so we headed back to the condo for some R&R before Saturday.
Part 4 coming soon…
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