Rain, running, and waves

Today was probably my favorite Saturday so far with last Saturday a close second.

I woke up this morning and headed to the girls' house for an amazing breakfast at 9:00.  We "singles" got together and had pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, mangoes, and juice.  Yum!

Olivia, Anderson, Lauren and I then played Dutch Blitz for quite a while, which I just learned by the way and am horrible at.  Then we played Taboo just for fun, not really keeping score or playing on teams.  We did that until about 2:00!

Shockingly, I ate so much breakfast I skipped lunch today.  That NEVER happens! :)  I went and grabbed my laundry, and then volleyball started.  There was the best turnout yet, and the best consistency as far as people going and staying rather than going and coming randomly.  The kids, young and old, played games to seven and then a new team would go on every time.  I think it helped that there were more older kids this time which helped keep the rallies going longer, and I didn't have to constantly remind them to rotate.  We had the younger kids mixed with the older kids and everyone had a great time.  I was mostly just score keeper so that the kids could play, but even that was fun!

As volleyball was ending, it started to rain.  Olivia had just shown up beforehand and then suddenly decided it was a great time to go for a run, so off we went for a run in the rain!  A little ways down the beach, the sand started getting softer and more difficult to run in so we decided that was a great time to jump in the ocean fully clothed!  The rain had stopped but the wind was strong so there were some pretty big waves.  The waves made it that much more exciting!  After a few minutes, we got out and kept walking for a bit before picking up to a run again.  We made it most of the way down the island and eventually turned back.

I really haven't had a time yet where I've been really homesick, but I do just have a constant little bit of homesickness, mostly missing being able to just relax with friends or family.  I know I'm absolutely welcome to go the the girls' house anytime, but I also don't want to just go over all the time because I don't want them to feel like they have to entertain me.  I stay pretty busy and I really do enjoy and maybe even prefer alone time sometimes, but last night and today was perfect timing for me to just have fun with fun people!