Strike three

Have you have failed so miserably at life you just cant even comprehend it.  Like what the heck just happened to me?  Well that happened to Devin and I today.  It actually started yesterday but I'm not going to go into that craziness.

So devin and I had a sleepover.  Flashback to that day of me working for 13 hours being absolutely exhausted, but we still had our sleepover.  We binge watched The 100 and I ate a huge sandwich.  Finally going to bed at four, we didn't get up that next day until 11! Which is pretty late for me.  So I have the grand idea of us going to the beach.  I mean why not? We start out on our adventure down to the beautiful waters with a stop at a smoothie bowl place.  Well....they were closed and don't open up until march.  Strike one for life failing.

Devin says- "Well I hope this isn't how the rest of the day is going to go."

Thanks Devin for jinxing us.

We drive around for a little bit before deciding to stop and park, walk across the street, while getting starred at, and fix us a little spot on the cloudy beach.  It's not sunny at all, the water is so rough, and it's windy, which makes it cold.

While we are walking to the water we pass an elderly couple in their michelin man coats.  Needless to say we contained our laughter about the clothing differences until we were out of ear shot.

Next up, we lay the towels out and sit our butts down to relax and listen to the waves crash up against the the sandy shores.

We next take pictures of each other taking pictures of each other or just looking cute.

Just the normal kind of pictures teenage girls take.  

So all is going well......I decide I want to go put my feet in the water and take more cute pictures.  Everything is going great.....and then destruction hits.  The waves reach our towels, our shoes, my hat, our snacks......

And we have strike two of life fails.  

Now most people would let this ruin their whole day.  Nothing is going right our towels are wet, my shoes have wet nasty sand on them, and Devin's cold.   What are we suppose to do.  Oh! and there is a creepy family watching us.  (I really wanted to flip them off, but decided that might not be the best choice.)  

So this is when your attitude comes into play.  I peer pressure Devin into getting wet and we head to the water and get splashed by BIG waves!  Well big waves for our area.  We get soaked!  The family leaves I loose my swim suit cover up and put a T-shirt on and get real wet!  We laugh, we play around I attempt cart-wheels and handstands while Devin laughs at my failures.  

I was told I looked like I was
doing a flying ninja move.
              ~Thanks Devin~

We mess around for a little longer and head out to get food.  

This is where strike three comes.  We get chicken sandwiches at chick-fil-a instead of chicken strips.  Now this is by no means a huge life fail.  However, it just added to our incredibly crazy, fun, wild, messed up day.

If I could go back and redo it all, all I would do is bring extra towels.  

We don't always have control over the events of our lives, but we do have control over our reactions.  Life throws us curve balls all the time and we must adjust to them.  I will remember this day for the rest of my life because we made the best out of everything going wrong.  Just because life isn't turing out the way you had hoped doesn't mean it can't be amazing.  If today was as relaxing as we had planned I would have missed a huge opportunity to shine.  I can't quite put into words all the feelings that came with standing is rough waters and being ok with it. Truly living in the moment of rough seas and failures of living.  To me, today helped me realize that rough seas can lead to happy memories and learning that we must be our own anchor.  Life may be choppy like the water today, but it's your attitude that effects how your life turns out.  It's your attitude that determines how everything turns out.  

Life is like the ocean. It can be calm or
still, and rough or rigid, but in the end
it is always beautiful. 

Don't let outside forces ruin your day.  Stop and smell the roses because pretty soon they will be gone and you will have missed an opportunity to shine through a failure of life.  Just because the waters are rough doesn't mean you can't find the beauty in them.  

~Side note of Devin being an amazing human~

Devin "Hey it's warm in here."

Annaliese~

P.S. Find a best friend that can always make you smile.  I'm lucky to say I've found a friend that makes my heart happy.