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Watersports!
Sep. 11th, 2004 08:31 pmWell, the plan was to get an early start this morning and be out on the water by 9 am.
HAH!
DM and I woke up at his house and had some erotic exercise, then shared fruit smoothies and pop tarts before heading out to pick up his kayak, which he stores at the home of his friend Jeff, a very woofy man. I met him last night at the Friday night Wandering Happy Hour at Titan. The venue is determined each week via an email list, and they apparently can't make up their mind until late Friday afternon. Typical. :-)
After renting a kayak for me, DM and I headed out to the Potomac. Paddling is easy in a clumsy sort of way, but my strokes got more confident and controlled as the morning wore on. DM makes it look so effortless, but, then again, he goes to the gym once or twice a week and he's a lot more active than I am.
I wish I had brought a camera, because paddling up the river, watching the waterfowl (herons and egrets and geese, oh my!) and listening to the insects in the grasses was very peaceful. At times it seemed so quiet, despite all the sounds around us. DM and I spent most of the time not speaking, just quietly enjoying the morning.
As a redhead, the most anxious thing for me was trusting that the sunscreen would protect me and that I had applied it properly. I usually avoid the stuff and stick to the shade for the most part. It's now nearly 9 pm and I don't have any burns, although I have some sort of insect bite on my left foot that itches. :-\
I'm extending my stay until tomorrow morning. There's some sort of Blowoff (?) party that we'll be going to. I just have to be out in front of my apartment in Baltimore by 1:15 pm tomorrow to go to bowling. Anything else is as it happens.
HAH!
DM and I woke up at his house and had some erotic exercise, then shared fruit smoothies and pop tarts before heading out to pick up his kayak, which he stores at the home of his friend Jeff, a very woofy man. I met him last night at the Friday night Wandering Happy Hour at Titan. The venue is determined each week via an email list, and they apparently can't make up their mind until late Friday afternon. Typical. :-)
After renting a kayak for me, DM and I headed out to the Potomac. Paddling is easy in a clumsy sort of way, but my strokes got more confident and controlled as the morning wore on. DM makes it look so effortless, but, then again, he goes to the gym once or twice a week and he's a lot more active than I am.
I wish I had brought a camera, because paddling up the river, watching the waterfowl (herons and egrets and geese, oh my!) and listening to the insects in the grasses was very peaceful. At times it seemed so quiet, despite all the sounds around us. DM and I spent most of the time not speaking, just quietly enjoying the morning.
As a redhead, the most anxious thing for me was trusting that the sunscreen would protect me and that I had applied it properly. I usually avoid the stuff and stick to the shade for the most part. It's now nearly 9 pm and I don't have any burns, although I have some sort of insect bite on my left foot that itches. :-\
I'm extending my stay until tomorrow morning. There's some sort of Blowoff (?) party that we'll be going to. I just have to be out in front of my apartment in Baltimore by 1:15 pm tomorrow to go to bowling. Anything else is as it happens.
