US Open of Surfing [Wendy]

Went to the annual beach party hosted by Cerritos Aquatic Club (CAC) on Saturday. As usual, Huntington Beach was super crowded because of the U.S. Open, a big surf competition. The event is known for having a lot of vendors, so a lot of free stuff is handed out; unfortunately, it wasn't the case this year. Well, if you walk around, you will get the usual key chain, stickers, chap stick, surf wax, lotion, and maybe a shirt or bag if your lucky. The biggest 'wow' about Saturday wasn't actually the free stuff, but it was actually the waves this year.

Apparently, there was a tsunami in Hawaii or something, and it caused some ginormous waves on our coast. I arrived at the beach at about 10 in the morning, and I was anticipating to get in the water (because the morning waves are best). When I was going in, Yero even said, "Oh, the rip current doesn't look that bad." We got in at around lifeguard station 7, and we were swept to 5 before we even got shoulder deep.

The waves just got bigger during the afternoon. Seriously, you don't understand the size of a 15 or 20 foot wave until you see one! Even driving down PCH, you can still see the incredible size of them! Honestly, I don't think I will see the ocean the same way again.

*Thank you, Mrs. Kim, for your concern, however!

Here are a few pictures of the U.S. Open:

2 weeks into summer (Wendy)

Bam! Two weeks into summer already! Yesterday was July 4th and now just 2 more months of summer left before school starts. Jaclyn left for Ohio for music camp a week ago, and I miss her already! I'm so used to calling her when I feel like working out or running or just playing around the park.

The other day, I ran with cross country in the morning, and thank god it was an easy day. They take stretching very seriously, so we stretched all of our muscles in a big circle. After that, we had a nice 15 minute run, and everybody was going a good pace. When we were done, we played another game of blob tag with a reward of Jamba Juice! The funny part was that an alumni, Margaret, had decided to run with the cross country team that morning, and she happened to tag me while we were playing blob tag. So, there I was, playing tag with my ex-chair (in the UCI conference) unsuccessfully chasing people around. o.o

Yup, so there, you basically have it. Not the most thrilling summer so far, but it's just started :)

I can't wait until Jaclyn comes back from Ohio wonder what the rest of the summer has in store :]