Friday, August 1, 2008

Hit by a bus?

So I work with a hard core wake boarder who is moving to China for 3 years for work. The day before he was handing over his boat to it's new owner he talked a couple of us into going wakeboarding, which took some work doing since I'm a little leary around water. Valerie and her daughter, Suzanne, and I met up with 5 other people out at Newton Dam.

After the 4 guys went out and amazed the new comers it was our turn. I swallowed my pride and went for it. I'm pretty sure I was in the water for nearly an hour and drank at least a gallon of water before I got up but I got up! Didn't have a clue what I was doing once I got up but I got up! I always get a little nervous going with people who are way good thinking they'll get tired of my lack of coordination but these guys were fun to learn with. The last time I got up I rode for a little bit-probably 10 seconds:)-and then fell hard. So hard one of my feet came out of the boot.
The next day Tommy asked if I had whiplash and I told him no but the next day I changed my mind. And let me tell you it wasn't just whiplash-I felt like I got hit by a bus. I don't know how those old-as in over 30-guys do it!