waterworld

I had planned to immortalize yesterdays excursion into a blog post but as it turned out, all I had in me was a sentence. I was too tired and too sleepy that I could not even think of anything but my bed and how comfortable it looked to my aching muscles.

You see, the family went to a resort to celebrate our cousin's ninth birthday. I did not plan on swimming my ass off but the pool water looked extremely tempting and very blue. I learned later on that it was spring water that filled the adult pool and the kiddie pool - which would explain how refreshingly cool it was. It was like dipping in warm ice. It was surprisingly soft on the skin unlike hard and salty beach water. After traveling that far and sitting my ass on the vehicle for that long, it was worth it.

We took tons of pictures, ate a week's worth of food, laughed a lot, and while the women gossiped to their heart's content, the men kept themselves busy with barbecuing that when it was time to eat, we were all famished that we ate everything with much gusto and without care. For once, ignoring table manners felt extremely liberating and fun. After stuffing ourselves we went back to the pool and while everybody who could reach the floor of the eight-feet deep pool swam like dolphins in a frenzy, I settled for dipping myself by the pool stairs. I used to swim. If you can call floating about the water swimming. After a drowning incident at a pool a few months back, I do not think I am ever going to attempt to swim anytime soon. I am content with just immersing myself in water.

After our last hurrah at the water and after the last few shots of pictures were taken, we all headed back home while the rain poured. It was just unfortunate that I had water stuck in my ears. This morning I woke up happy because the water left no evidence of its visit in my ear canal. It was quite a different story for the other parts of my body. My neck, back, arms and legs feels exceptionally sore and I'm betting on this to last a few more days.

A little message to all of those stressing themselves out at work: Take a day off and spend it with family. It may be expensive and tiring but it's worth it and fun. Enjoy!