taking the plunge

Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all (whoever you are, out there in cyber space) had a safe and fun new years! This year, I decided to bring in the New Year with an activity-filled day that I hope will start everything out on the right foot. I took a wonderful, cleansing and challenging yoga class this morning at the sun-lit Centerville Yoga and Wellness Center with Sheri. I enjoy taking her classes because they kick my butt and align my chakras :-) Anywho, mid-class she mentioned something about the Polar Plunge Challenge, which is a fundraising event all along the Cape where crazy people take their first swim of the year in the freezing cold ocean.

Do you ever become so overwhelmed with an idea that you can't get it out of your mind? That happened. I had to take the plunge, it was settled. So I went home feeling energized and dragged the family out of the house to come with me for moral support. And surprisingly, my dad and little 11-year-old brother Dan wanted to join in on the chilly escapade! We trekked to Long Beach (we didn't participate in the fundraising challenge, just our own little personal challenge) and sprinted to warm up and then....

Luckily, the weather was warm

But the water was not

Just a quick dip

The plungers (haha)

 In this next year, I hope you take the challenges and opportunities presented to you. Get so excited about them that they won't leave you alone. Whatever your hopes, dreams, and goals are for the next year, go for them and stick to them. Take the plunge. Because...well...why not?


photos: Mike Black