the beach

yesterday was a "thank goodness i have a holiday" day off. a day to catch up on rest that escaped me the first week of school, and following a busy party weekend.

i spent the afternoon on the beach, in deep thought about what i was going to do with my life from here on out. and while i was sitting there, i got distracted by all the shells around me. So i started to pick some up, and even noticed some reallllly nice ones about the size of a peanut m&m. no cracks, no chips. perfectly round and smooth. and there were a lot! so i hurried along picking them up on both hands and knees, and suddenly realized..hey, how can there be so much of these and no one else has scooped them up yet? so i carefully examined them to finally come to the conclusion that i was picking up pistachio nut shells. great. just great.

so i sat back down in defeat, and along comes this couple walking their three dogs. a huge adult golden retriever comes running up to me, so i pet him, and suddenly, he turns around and decides to sit right on me!Just sitting, cruising, and wagging his tail for a good minute or so! I couldn't help but laugh until i realized that he was wet. And I could only hope that it was sea water. so the couple calls for him, and he scurries away, and after i thought they had disappeared into the distance, there he comes running back again to me. And the same thing happens...wants to be pet, then sits on me. just fabulous.