paddleboarding = love.

ok, so talk about an adventure.

last sunday i talked matt into trying out a new possible hobby for me. i really need something fun and active to do outdoors bc i am so over the gym and i cant do yoga everyday. i always see people down at the beach on stand up paddle boards and it looks like so much fun! i've been dying to try it and its finally warm enough to be in the water and not freeze in the wind.

so sunday. matt isnt anti-outdoors, but there are other things he would rather be doing than be on the water balancing on a long board. plus hes the whitest kid i know and burns pretty easy. so we stocked up on our spf70 for him and planned our day around renting paddleboards. we got all sunscreened up and set out on a perfect sunny and clear day. i was ecstatic! i planned on taking loads of pictures and really soaking up everything i could from our adventure, so i could make an informed decision on whether or not i wanted to invest in a board of my own and make paddleboarding my new best friend. we were heading to jupiter to the rental place. windows down, sun like you wouldnt believe. but we cant find the place. its there, but it isnt. the jupiter outdoor center- where we planned on renting boards - is actually extremely hard to find if you dont know where it is. truth is, its attached to a tropical outdoorsy restaurant on the river called guanabanas. cool place, hard to find. plus, at guanabanas, you HAVE to valet park bc there is zero parking at the restaurant. so after driving in circles for ten minutes and watching matts blood pressure rise with every u-turn, we valet the car and hop out, towels in hand. now, on a side note, i had been trying to call the jupiter outdoor center (joc) all morning to see if we needed reservations, or if we should bring anything special. no answer. at all. its like they kept looking at the phone all morning, knowing it was me, and giving the phone the finger while it rang and rang and rang. annoying.

so we walk up to the counter, i have a huge stupid smile on my face, super excited! annnddd they are booked. eff! no paddleboarding for us. so we turn and drag our feet back to the valet counter and give the same guy who took the car from us ten seconds ago our ticket. matt is pissed. maybe not pissed, frustrated, frazzled even. not at me, but at the whole day. now we smell like sunscreen for nothing! and itll be damn near impossible to talk him into this adventure attempt #2 after the first one was such a trainwreck! he's so far being a good sport and entertaining the idea, but he's not 100% sold on it yet.. i'll keep you posted...