Okay, I love this time of year and dread it all at the same time. I am petrified at the idea of swimwear though. Really, I am not looking forward to it. And now that we are going to be living in a virtual sauna this summer the idea of getting into a pool of cool water will sound good. Anyone who knows me knows I hate wearing swimming suits. Lets face it....flat, had 2 kids and to be nice, really pasty white...that doesn't sound so good all smooshed into a tiny printed piece of nylon. Only people who know me really well have ever seen me in one. And yes, they have lived to tell...barely. Josh and I have been married almost 7 years and he has seen me in a swimming suit once. And that was on our honeymoon, in the dark, just before getting into the hot tub and then I stayed right where I was at-right next to the towel so when I would stand up I could wrap myself up quick and get up to the hotel room to change. My family loves to tease me because the summer before my senior year we took our family vacation to Hawaii. In Hawaii it is a given that you are going to wear a swim suit at some point in your trip. And for some that were there, it was wearing one for the entire trip. Anyway, there is a picture of me sitting on the beach. There is a swim suit on but it is under a tank top and one of those sarong skirts and I am under a palm tree. Hello? I am in Hawaii covered from head to toe and under a tree?! I had great intentions of taking off the tank top and sarong and getting out there that day but there was no way once I got there. Some beaches had people almost as bad as I would look sans top and skirt and I had no problem getting out there. I wasn't going to miss a chance to snorkle. Plus if I would have stayed on the beach there, I would have got more of an eyeful that I already had from a French couple in front of us on the beach who had no idea that you are supposed to change into your swimming suit before hitting the beach! But the beach we were at the day of the picture was right out of a postcard. All of the girls were tan and in cute swimming suits. Laughing...and it wasn't going to be at me! So I sat there the entire morning watching the family swim in the ocean and I sat under the tree trying to get my nerve up to just go. I kept thinking "I will never see these people again. I can do it." And then somewhere in the back of my mind I could just hear the topic of conversation change all around me the second I did "Where did that second sun come from? Do whales beach this time of year? Has that girl been locked in a basement for years?" And I just couldn't do it. But I am fully aware that my swim suitless years are over now that we are living here. So just give me some really good padding, a good fitting (good hiding) swim suit and LOTS of sunless tanning cream (or a gift certificate to the spray on tan places) and I am good to go! I have been shopping on line and I have found a couple of really cute swim suits here and here. I just have to decide! And quick because the Mod Bod is buy 2 get one free until Mothers Day.
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