Packed Books, Packed Chairs, Packed Margaritas, and Packed Snacks for the Beach. Promised, Absolutely NO ZOOM for a Day. Succeeded!

When I awoke at 6 a.m., looked at the weather report, and didn't see any rain, I reached out to see who wanted to do a day at the beach. I seriously wanted only to read and look at the water, and others came, so the day turned into conversation and laughter (and lots of sun, although the clouds came in and interrupted part of the day, which is probably good, because I don't need more sun). 

Karal stayed with Jake and they did well, although there was tension over times I played with Karal and Jake got jealous. The alligator toy is Karal's and he seemed confused by why I took it down from the fridge to wrestle with her. It's all good. They walked well together, and didn't eat any couches or anything while we were at the beach.

There wasn't as many people on the shoreline as I thought there'd be, and although I packed four books to read, I didn't even open up one. Yikes. I was all excited, too, because it was the first time I used Rose Brock's Hope Dealer beach bag to carry them with me. I'm definitely heading back. I feel I cheated myself by not lounging in a chair and reading all day, which was my goal. I can get through 3 or 4 books on the beach when I'm focused, and I was definitely not focused yesterday....as there were chips, mango salsa, and guacamole to taste....and wonderful company to keep.

Alas, it's another Monday, and I need to get back at the guessing game of my job, trying to find out how to use Workday and learn who is helpful and will assist. I had a lot of luck on campus last Thursday and Friday. I don't have much faith that such luck will continue. But these grants needs to be paid. Teachers need to be paid. Contracts need to be processed.

But the beach, the sun, and the skyline....that will never get old. I can do that every day. I truly need a distraction after the 3-days of UNLV YA LIT Zooming....It was a stupendous time, but so is looking tranquilly at water.