Beach Bums

Today is June 17. One of my best friends Vy and I took a trip to the beach. If you know anything about me, then you know how much I love the beach. One of these days you will find me by the beach every day without a worry in the world. But anyway, Vy and I work together. We’re coworkers which is how we met. We usually spend our days fooling around at work so this was definitely worth the hour long drive.

I’ve realized that it’s important for my mental health to live. Worry less and make the most of today. Because friends come and go but the memories will always stay. So for me to lay on the beach with one of my best friends and be social media free for a few hours is essential. We don’t need to document every single thing especially when you’re around your friends and family. Now I always capture something because the amateur photographer in me is screaming but less is more. However, I do want to make sure I document these types of stories in my life. I want to be able to talk about anything making me happy right now without feeling guilty about it. I always feel guilty about sharing things like this because it doesn’t give helpful insight which is important to me. Which is why this is a first. I want every post to help someone in someway. Anyone who knows me, knows how much of a train wreck I am. So learn from my mistakes. Makes me feel a little better about them if you don’t make the same mistakes that I’ve made. Which reminds me, I do have a ton of stories to share that we can all, including myself could learn from. Once I gain some more bravery, I might share them.

Okay so Vy picked me up. She was our driver for the day. Can I just say that we’re actually the same person when it comes to driving. We hate it. Gives us major anxiety. But anyway we stopped at the groceries to pick up water and a snack. We figured that should be cheaper instead of buying an overpriced bottle of water. Took us over an hour to get there. It always feels longer traveling somewhere rather than heading back home from that destination. Although we were stopped for 20 mins on the highway due to road work. But still. We made it, but it took us forever to pick parking, because even though there were so many lots available, Vy was persistent in finding the meter parking. We ended up making a circle like we made it back to the entrance but on the exit side. Lol. So Vy caved and we parked in one of those lots. Only paid $10 which was soo good. Even though I wasn’t driving I actually hate that they tell you where exactly to park. I can’t park to save my life and it’s always so much farther than anyone else. We questioned our parking spot but not whether the guy in the sweatshirt directing us was attractive. So you know those pick up trucks? Yea so we saw one with a group of friends and Vy noticed that one of the girl’s ass was hanging out and as we were walking, Vy was like, “i like how I called out that girl but I’m walking around with my ass out.” Could not stop laughing at that.

Found the perfect spot. Had the right amount of sun with a little bit of a breeze. Threw on some sunscreen because SPF is important and got to tanning. So one of the best things about getting some sun is people watching and the occasional listening to others’ conversations. Now it’s not eves dropping if that person is talking a little too loud. At least that’s what we kept telling ourselves. So there was this one guy. He had one of those staff t-shirts and the cutest colored shorts. They were like a mint green. A little preppy but cute. He had shades on so we couldn’t figure out if he was too young. Like if he was around 21 which would’ve been a little young for us. But he had perfect hair and the cutest smile. Already attractive looking in my book and we def didn’t mind checking him out.

Tried so hard to get Vy to go casually bump into him considering he was in the same area for a while but neither of us were willing to risk embarrassing ourselves. Right before we picked a spot, we walked past these two guys who were like “how are you ladies doing,” to these girls behind us and they literally ignored them. Even after they tried multiple times. Like it was obvious that they were just there to pick up girls and those girls were smart to keep walking. It took every ounce of us not to laugh. I mean if that were me, I would’ve been so red in the face but apparently it took them over an hour to realize they were wasting their time. Speaking of guys, there were two very attractive looking guys. We’re assuming they’re friends but one of them was ripped. Literally we could see every muscle in his body. They were passing a football around and I kid you not, his back muscles made us weak. Like looks are not everything but like let me see your back muscles straight up flexing. Let’s not forget the mom that walked by us complaining that her daughter’s daycare wasn’t open yet. Like hello we’re still in the middle of a pandemic. It was only annoying because her voice was so high and reminded us of one of our managers that we do not like. Oh and could she be any louder. Then again, if I ever become a mom, I’d be complaining all the time too and in public.

We took a dip in the water, because it’s not a beach day without getting your hair soaked. It was FREEZING, but that’s to be expected. We both got hit by one pretty big wave from behind and I haven’t laughed and felt genuinely happy like that in awhile. Catching a wave and splashing your best friend is all it takes. Oh and I found some pretty shells. Mini collection going. I might just move somewhere warm and by a beach.

So as much as I wish I could say that we were hanging by the beach the whole day, we left about an hour after because we were still so cold from the water. Our goosebumps wouldn’t go away. We really tried sticking it out. Who knows when another day off will come again. It wasn’t a total lost though. I might’ve posted some snaps to my story and one of the guys that I’ve been talking to saw that we were at the beach and he lives by the beach so he wanted to meet up. But by the time we left he was still stuck at work. Thank god for me because I have no interest in actually hanging with him. That sounds so mean but I’m sure some of you are guilty of it too. You tell someone you want to hang but you don’t actually mean it. Why am I like this??

So we were driving back home and we both had food on our minds. But of course we didn’t know what. Good thing we had an hour to figure that out and it would be cheaper than buying something on the boardwalk. Topic of conversation in the car is usually how much we hate driving or how annoying work is. Those came up but we fell on the topic of boats after driving by someone with a boat attached to their car. So apparently we both think it would be so fun to party on one those small boats. Like I saw something like that on FB and thought that’s where I wanna be. Also realized how similar Vy and I are.

So food choice came at the last minute. No surprise there. Fast forward to 20 McNuggets and a large fry. That really hit the spot because being healthy is overrated. Even though I regret it when my dancer self is trying to train. I would say today has been fun. Spent the day with one of my best friends and we’ve reached our tanning goals. Am I the only one who loves the tan line that my swimsuit gives me? I might be weird but it’s like ok we can see that your girl has been getting some sun lately. Please tell me I’m not the only one. Now if it wasn’t obvious we’re already counting down until our next beach day.