Keeners has been an amazing experience. I have loved everything about it. Well, almost everything. Throughout the last two weeks I have been beaten up pretty badly. This doesn't happen to most keeners. It's just that I am very accident prone and clumsy. I have too many cuts and scrapes to count. These are from falling, tripping and slipping multiple times. Even my face is banged up from flipping in my kayak while going down the kayak ramp. In other words, I managed to flip my kayak on dry land. I love kayaking but I have to admit that it takes a lot of willpower to get out of bed in the morning when you feel like one big bruise. There is however a secret which I find makes cuts heal faster. Suck it up and ignore them. It's amazing! It's almost as if they aren't there! This works fairly well while kayaking on weekdays while I'm on the water, but when I'm off the water and the adrenaline of kayaking is gone, I am extremely tired. So throughout the weekend and and after paddling I over exaggerate every cut. I had a blister on my middle finger, so I proceeded to immobilise my middle and ring finger completely. It was a lot for just one blister, but it helped more than you would think.
I would have loved to kayak this weekend, but I knew that if I did I would run myself down completely. So I took a nice chill weekend and let my body heal and re-energize. I watched about 6 movies throughout the weekend. It's better to save your energy for the weekday when you're paddling with the instructors so you can learn, and not just kayak. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be energized enough to not only kayak, but to learn as well!
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