Tuesdays With Micaela #1 – A Day at the Beach

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My blogging New Years resolution was to blog every Tuesday. So even though Leah already blogged today, I am trumping her post because there is no way I am going to lose on the first Tuesday of the year!

Kent and I started this year out in an interesting way. For as long as I’ve known him, Kent has been a water rat. He is not afraid of diving right into the water, no matter how cold. His dream has always been to do a polar bear swim on New Years Day. For those of you who don’t come from arctic temperatures, polar bear swims happen all over the place on January 1st in Canada. All of the absolutely insane people who want to participate go to the beach and run into freezing cold water. Us normal people wait until July. Our friends Dane and Michelle came along to cheer Kent on. For them and I there was no question – we knew there was no way we were going in there.

We arrived in Port Dover, where the swim was happening, and Kent and I went into a store where all of the future polar bears were waiting. The temperature was negative 10 degrees celsius. Kent got dressed in his bathing suit and robe and they listened to a pep talk where they were told that if you don’t put your head under, it doesn’t count! Everyone started chanting “THE WATER IS WARM! THE WATER IS WARM!” over and over. They were also told that the lake had frozen over the night before and there was a hold cut into the ice which all the polar bear swimmers had to jump into! I hugged Kent a lot and told him to be careful.

I tried to watch Kent jump in but there was so much bumpy ice that was really hard to walk on, and soo many people, that I couldn’t see a thing which was disappointing. Definitely not a spectator sport. Here’s what I did see.

I spotted him with the other swimmers before they went in… and didn’t see him until:

After he was already finished. Smiling, which is a good sign!

The crowd.

Finally inside! Celebrating the fact that he is a full fledged polar bear.

Kent said he probably would do it again next year, but he definitely doesn’t have me convinced to do it, even though he took it like a champion.

Would you ever do a polar bear swim?

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Costa Rican Honeymoon Part 2

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Part 2: The Beach and Our First Adventure

See Part 1 of the honeymoon Here!

November 8, 2008 (Mic’s birthday!)

The picture above shows the vendor’s booths that crowded the area at the entrance to the resort from the beach.

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Costa Rican Honeymoon Part 1

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In November a week after our wedding Scott and I went on our honeymoon to Costa Rica. We stayed at the Paradisus Playa Conchal Resort. We were there for 10 days, so I’ll try to break these posts up accordingly, and not make it day by day because no one wants to read a 10 part vacation explanation.

(smiling faces at 5am in the morning.)

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What does my dream mean?

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Hey all, youngest here. So lately I’ve been really into finding out what my dreams mean. Mostly because my roommates friend is really into it an he always asks me what I dreamt about. Last night I dreamt:-I was walking on a beach-It was Ericas wedding and it was in the middle of a city. Thats all I really remember from the dreams. Sometimes I have really vivid dreams and remember so much of it the next morning, then when I tell it to a friend I always end up remembering more and it takes like 10 minutes.

So according to dreammoods.com, the first part of that dream means that my two states of mind are meeting. The sand symbolizes the rational and mental processes, and the water symbolizes the irrational, unsteady and emotional aspects of myself. There was more sand on the beach than usual…does that mean that I’m going to become really smart? And there was also a huge moat on the beach separating me from the ocean, so I really have no idea.

The second part (Er’s wedding), symbolizes a new beginning or transition in my current life. Interestingly enough, dreams about weddings are usually negative and highlight some anxiety or fear (perhaps about me being the only sister without a boyfriend for Valentines day? Not like thats a new concept or anything). Alternatively, wedding dreams reflect issues about commitment and independence. So that’s my dream in a nutshell, haha.

If you’ve had any weird dreams, feel free to comment with them! -LB

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