Double Splash and Jaysis Weekend
Sometimes everything just comes together at once. This weekend it was the Triton Invitational Water Polo Tournament at UCSD, and the La Jolla Rough Water Swim at the La Jolla Cove, interrupted only by a Saturday night of …JAYSIS!
This was the first year in years I didn’t attend both days of the big local water polo tournament. In fact we only caught two games on the first day. Both were blowouts, preordained by some heavily weighted brackets. We caught Long Beach blow out Redlands, and UC Davis dominate Pomona-Pitzer. We caught the tail end of USC’s 28-2 trounce of Claremont too, but didn’t even realize the significance at the time because someone had mercifully turned off the East Pool’s scoreboard.
Sunday was spent at the La Jolla Cove watching the La Jolla Rough Water Swim. We got there early, grabbing coffee and bagels on the way, and made a day of it. A friend of Randy’s was competing, and we met some new people, and made the now ritual promises that we will be in the water next year. It’s only one mile, and the sharks are tiny, and there are lifeguards everywhere, but the race start on the tiny beach still terrifies me. That and I’d really like some of my various pains to go away. The plantar fasciitis has kept me out of the gym too much this year. Feel free to hold me accountable here if next year’s pictures don’t include Chuck dripping wet.
Finally , JAYSIS! Creamy goodness dripping down my chin. Steam on the windows as though all four burners were going on the stove (which they were). Decadence in all its cholesterol-hardening glory, with a special shoutout to the other Chuck.
JAYSIS! Yum….