I will get to the surfing part, here in a minute, but first I must tell you what happened when I woke up.

So I knew I had a little bit of a cold, I had a runny nose for the past few days, but that wasn't bad or hard to deal with.  Well when I woke up yesterday morning, my hearing was weird.  I noticed that my ears felt clogged.  gross, I know.  Its not because I have earwax in them, I figured it was because of my cold, and mucus is trapped in my Eustachian tube/ auditory canal (runs from your ear to your throat).  Sooo double gross!  on top of that I just felt kind of awful.

But it was time to get ready for surfing!  Yay... ehhh.  I still wanted to go, because we got a major discount for so many of us wanting to do it.  (had five instructors, wetsuits, and surf boards, for only twenty bucks.. not bad.  And I used money I had left over from my food allowance! hehe).  Anyhow, Our instructors were pretty awesome.  They were the complete "hang loose", Aussie/Surfer Accent, chill kind of guys.  I'm just sad they weren't my age. haha.  They were all older guys, although there was one fourteen year old who helped people out (this kid looked like he was ELEVEN though!)  oh well.  They taught us first how to catch a wave without standing up and we did that for a while, then they taught us how to stand.  I did pretty good at just catching waves, standing was a different story.  I did stand up for a little bit once though! :)  Overall I am just proud of myself for not completely EATING IT like some other people did.  ha.  We are planning to go again sometime soon though.

The waves were rough/powerful though.  And the current was soooo strong!  Definitely not a day for beginners.. it wasn't even sunny out.  So hopefully next time it will be a bit more calm, sunny, and I'll feel better!

Nothing else really happened yesterday besides church and a birthday party!  :)

Today... I don't feel any better.  I took some tylenol this morning before lunch.  Afterwards, I went to the "chemist" (pharmacy/drug store) and bought some medicine, in hopes of clearing up my sinuses and chesty cough.. ugh.  Spending my precious money on medicine instead of fun things is not what I had in mind on this trip!  (It was still part of my extra money from my food allowance though! haha).  Now I am just sitting here trying to relax some before class.  And nothing else is planned for tonight so I will probably just catch up with everyone tomorrow!

Hang Loose <3