Tuesday, December 22, 2009

how dirty is your mind?

He was really excited seeing me do it for the first time. I've never thought of doing it until now, and now I'm a little nervous: what if I'm bad at it? What if it hurts? He smiles at me and reassures me that everything is going to be just fine and that I will learn to love it.

As I get into ready position, I can't help but get a little annoyed at how wet I am. It makes things a little more difficult when you're concentrating on not freaking out. Another smile from him, and he asks if I'm ready to go - yep, I'm finally ready to do it. So he leans in and hits it hard. Slow at first, and then faster and faster as I get used to it.

True, it hurts the first couple of times, but after I got the hang of how it's supposed to work, it was a lot of fun and I begged him to do it some more. Finally I felt I was ready for a break, so he helped me up and we sat on the bench. He puts his arm around my shoulder, telling me how proud he is and how well I did for my first time waterskiing.