rosey cheeks

today's local newspaper and online forecasts didn't really make it seem like it was gonna be a perfect beach day, but it was.  Amazingly, a big group of friends managed to wake up at otherwise unreasonable weekend hours (after spending a late late night out before), all ready to get on the road and trek to the Ocean State. 2-4 carloads later, we were a large group occupying a sizable plot of sand. We had fun digging huge holes and turning men into mermaids, some annoying kids to ignore, a few fat stingy jellyfish to dodge, not too many beers, and plenty of good laughs. We didn't see any speedos today, but we did see 2 very fit men wearing spandex booty shorts as swim trunks.  I'm still wondering when the States are gonna really jump into the whole speedo scene. It makes the beach that more magical. And i'm being serious about this, speedo love is no joke.

In this perfect weather, i think 90% of us now have at least one lobster-like burn on our bodies. Valerie wins the burn award with a killer buttcheek/hamstring splotchy burn pattern. She wouldn't let me take a picture before she drove back to boston, i really wanted to post it up here - she knew that - and i'm pretty much sure that's why she said "no - this will not be posted on your blog." RayRay came in a close 2nd place with a killer chest burn. We all got a little sun roasty today, and

We missed Scott and Mark and their usual beach crew due to the unfortunate news that Scoot broke a bunch of toes/or his foot? and he is on crutches from a scuffle with a series of large waves from the day before. Hope for a quick recovery buddy, we missed the extreme ladderball opportunities and the tide reports today!