It's pre Memorial Day

The law holds: each good session is followed by a crap session. What is the way around that law? Only go out every other session? No, that wouldn't be possible...

I didn't get beyond catching waves today. No rides at all. Well, I struggled to my feet once, but I wouldn't call it a ride. Yeah, the waves were small and bad, but that's no excuse. Those are the kinds of waves I usually do well on!

The good side is I'm working on my timing and getting better. What seems to work is, when I feel like I want to take off, count to two and then go. That keeps me a heartbeat in front of the breaking wave, keeps me from being too late and getting rolled.

In other news, it's almost Memorial Day weekend. Anyone have any exciting plans? Mine include bathing suit shopping. At this point in my life, that is followed by three stiff drinks to defuse the horror. Let me ask you one of life's most perplexing questions: How do you (if you're a woman) know when you're too old to wear a bathing suit in public? I mean, I just can't be objective on that. When I look in the mirror, what I see is colored by what I want to see. In other words, I can't believe what I see, so I deny it.

OK, the worst that can happen if you don't accurately answer this question is that you gross people out. We've all been grossed out. But I have too much pride, or something, to be one of those people that doesn't care about grossing out other people on the beach by showing body parts that shouldn't be seen in public, let alone in sunshine.

It's not like anybody is going to let me know when it's time. I have to decide for myself.

Meanwhile, the wetsuit will be on for a while. I guess, if I can't bring myself to buy a bikini, I can always do knee length men's boardshorts for the rest of my life.