Beach Day

Today is Panama's Independence Day, which means Jaime, Thomas, and I got the day off to head to the beach. After two months in Panama, I finally went to the beach! You'd think that since I live within walking distance to the ocean, I'd be at the beach more often...however, there are no beaches close to where I live because the water is polluted. Two friends were supposed to come with us, but one has been sick (please pray for Anna) and the other one had to watch her cousin last minute this weekend. Sad! But we still had a great time. It was so hot here today, which made it a great day for the beach. However, when we got to the second beach, the lifeguards weren't letting anyone in the water. Apparently, the waves were much too strong. So after waiting around in the hot sun just staring at the water and seeing way too many thongs and speedos (I'll spare you the pictures), we were finally able to go in. (The lifeguards were right, the waves were very strong...too strong to really swim) Oh, I forgot to mention...I also took Romeo to the beach. He was seriously the center of attention...a little Mac Daddy. I got some great pictures of him, which will be great to put into the "Puppy's First Year" scrapbook that my mom sent me in a care package yesterday (Romeo got puppy vitamins, a scrapbook, and a toy. What did I get? A bunch of letters saying that I have to begin paying my student loans this month...ugh...well, I also got PB M&Ms [I miss peanut butter and chocolate down here] and another charm for my bracelet...so that made up for the student loans stuff) Well, I'm exhausted. Shouldn't the beach rejuvenate me instead of make me tired? But seriously, today was a lot of fun.