Tired and Sore!
May. 25th, 2024 06:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nosrednaydujI reported on having put the power boat in last weekend. This past Monday we managed to have an after-dinner ski (yay late sunset), when the water was in the mid-60s, and I wore a wetsuit. Some struggle getting up, caused by wetsuit plus about 5 extra pounds over the winter. Skiing prowess once up was also somewhat lame but acceptable for first run of year.
Today, Jocelyn was visiting with a friend, and she can't ski because of her ACL recovery, which made her sad, but I talked her into offering the friend a tubing ride, and I talked her into "it'll be fun you should also ride". And then I said "want to drive the boat for me?" She was game, and so we did the thing of pick me up at one end of the lake and I drop at the other end so she doesn't have to make a turn, which is a bit tricky. So it was somewhat shorter than I would normally have ridden, but it was fine. Water was 72 this time, so no wetsuits needed, and I came right up. Then we did tubing and they both did have a good time.
Of course, waterskiing for 90 seconds is not really a day's exercise, so I was thinking of bicycling later, but instead we put in the next section of the dock. This is a lot of work, and the water is a little deeper because of more rain this spring, I guess, so it was working neckdeep in water carrying heavy pieces of metal and fastening them together. We did wear wetsuits, despite it being 72, because even though it's a lot of work, it is not aerobic, and you can get pretty cold standing neckdeep in 72° water for over an hour. And despite that, we did get pretty cold and we have left the last half-hour of the job for another day. That day might be tomorrow, so we didn't really put everything to rights down at the shore. If we don't actually finish this weekend, I will neaten it all up so we can get to and from the dock without tripping over canoes and dock parts.
I am sore!
Today, Jocelyn was visiting with a friend, and she can't ski because of her ACL recovery, which made her sad, but I talked her into offering the friend a tubing ride, and I talked her into "it'll be fun you should also ride". And then I said "want to drive the boat for me?" She was game, and so we did the thing of pick me up at one end of the lake and I drop at the other end so she doesn't have to make a turn, which is a bit tricky. So it was somewhat shorter than I would normally have ridden, but it was fine. Water was 72 this time, so no wetsuits needed, and I came right up. Then we did tubing and they both did have a good time.
Of course, waterskiing for 90 seconds is not really a day's exercise, so I was thinking of bicycling later, but instead we put in the next section of the dock. This is a lot of work, and the water is a little deeper because of more rain this spring, I guess, so it was working neckdeep in water carrying heavy pieces of metal and fastening them together. We did wear wetsuits, despite it being 72, because even though it's a lot of work, it is not aerobic, and you can get pretty cold standing neckdeep in 72° water for over an hour. And despite that, we did get pretty cold and we have left the last half-hour of the job for another day. That day might be tomorrow, so we didn't really put everything to rights down at the shore. If we don't actually finish this weekend, I will neaten it all up so we can get to and from the dock without tripping over canoes and dock parts.
I am sore!
