Earth Day - 4/22/07

Friday evening a cold front came through and brought with it strong winds and heavy surf coming out of the north-west. This resulted in some serious overnight beach erosion. The day before there was a gentle slope from the dune area to the low-tide beach bottom, but on Saturday we had a shelf carved out with a 2-ft. drop off. This presents an almost insurmountable obstacle for me. I could get down from there, but would probably not be able to get back up. Sure I could probably climb up on my hands and knees, but then I'd have no way to get to a standing position again. I would need something to pull myself up with and there really isn't anything there to do that. My husband wouldn't be strong enough to help me up anymore though I'm sure he would try. So I'm stuck up on top until nature evens out the beach again. That is probably the biggest problem with my MD right now. If I fall down, or sit down on the floor, its hell trying to get back up again. The last time I fell, I sat on the floor for 30 minutes laughing because 1. I didn't get hurt; and 2. it just seemed so funny that I was stuck on the floor of my own bedroom and my husband asleep in his chair in the living room didn't know my predicament. I finally was able to pull myself up first onto the hassock by my chair and then on the chair. Remember the old commerical "I've fallen and I can't get up!"? I think I'm prettier than that old lady was anyway....that's some small consolation.

Today its bright and sunny again at the beach though still windy. Temperatures are expected to get up into the high 70's. Last night we walked on the upper beach and then I went to the pool. The water was warm, but after the sun got behind the clouds and started to set the air temperature dropped fast and I got out.

My ex-husband's daughter got married yesterday and she and her groom will be sailing out of Port Canaveral this evening. I told my daughter that if she got me the sailing time and the cruise line I would take a picture of the outgoing vessel for them. I thought they might like to have that for their photo album. My son called me last night to talk about the wedding and all the insider information on what didn't go right at an event like that when everyone is in their high stress mode. It was pretty funny. Weddings are such hopeful things despite the fact that over 50% of them end up in divorce.

Four more days of vacation left and then its back home again. I am determined that we'll get back here again this year.

Enjoy your Sunday.