To Spoon or Not to Spoon?!

Saturday 1st- Sunday 2nd May 2010

Well, if i'm being honest there's not really any question there...the answer is always to spoon! and what better way to start my new life as Rachael Crilly- serial blogger, than with a blog about my May Day weekend with QUB surf club. To quote my inspiration for joining this world of on-line journaling, "surf club is my favorite!" and truer words have never been spoken! If the words PURE BEAUT were a group of people then surf club would be those people. If however, the words were a weekend then they would have been the weekend that we just spent wakeboarding in Monaghan.

After digging out a stolen rucksack from OLSPCK and cleaning off a thick layer of mud, brought all the way back to Newtownards from punchestown racecourse(OXEGEN 2010- which at the risk of overusing the words was PURE BEAUT) I was ready to hit the road. Four people, one car, one musical pillow and one glee soundtrack on repeat for the whole journey...the weekend was of to an excellent start. Although the initial idea of camping went straight out the window, with the promise of four walls and a roof...the new sleeping venue proved all the more interesting. With a floor covered in sleeping bags and blow up beds we redefined the world of wrestling forever...and by wrestling I mean RAPE! The night came to a close with a game of big spoon little spoon...and you'd be surprised how many spoons fit on one little blow up bed!

The Sunday, as God intended, was a day of rest! Pringles and plenty of bed rest...you just can't go wrong with that. Eventually, the decision was made to take the plunge in to the cold lakes of Muckno. It had to be done for the pure fact that the reason we went away for the weekend was to wakeboard! But after getting over the initial horror of putting on a wet wetsuit and the pain of using muscles in my arms and legs that i'm pretty sure God never meant me to use, it was actually a pretty exhilarating experience. I make it my mission in life to be a wakeboard pro and surf champion by the time I finish university...I actually think Ladbrokes are taking bets now with pretty good odds!!

P.S. If I learnt anything this weekend, its that you cant beat smo-cialising in a good ole irish pub with a bag of scampi frys!

Rachael x