Glad I brought the fish!

The report sounded pretty bad this morning. But, if there was a little wave happening yesterday, and they were saying today was bigger... hmmm. Turned out to be one of those nice surprises, and I needed one after yesterday.

I stirred up the pot again with my whistle blowing. By days end, I was on the phone to the Superintendent of Accountability for the Duval County School system. This all reiterates why people don't want to get involved. By morning I would have the Principal of a certain Duval County school yelling non-stop in my ear for bringing to light how children at her school were being treated. She didn't like it, and she sure let me know in a non-stop hysterical rant.

It was clear after this actually quite humorous livid rant, that she was only concerned about her position and how this would reflect on her. She began quite politely, explaining why things had appeared the way they had. She never once mentioned one word about the children. When I told her that, it only fed the flames, and I never got to say another word.

To survive in this world, you have to know how to play the game. I lost the guidebook today. But, now, at the very least, the ways of this school will be brought under closer scrutiny. My house will also probably be engulfed in flames. If this blog ends, come look for my charred body.

So, like I said, I needed to go surfing today to clear my head. My reward came early this morning at Matanzas. No one ever even paddled out, until the very end when one guy did and he began hooting up a storm once he saw it. Right by the poles a nice little sandbar was taking the little lines and shaping them into rippable walls. I wasn't sure if I was imagining that the waves were better than they were until that guy took off on one and I saw that yes, they were waist to chest high, green, and glassy despite the light onshores. There would be periods where nothing would come through, and then wham, this great peeling wall would fire off, open for nice bottom turns and off the tops. The fish was so much fun today! I felt like, for a moment at least, I was free, the water was toasty warm, and the waves were actually good. No one else seemed to even know, so it was like a gift, but really, I wonder what the point must have been like?