Day 355 – Polar Plunge

First of all….HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I hope everyone had a safe, fun and amazing turn of the year.

I have been looking forward to this day for a while now. Last year I didn’t make it to the polar plunge so I was determined to make it this year. Unfortunately, I still have a fairly nasty cold and didn’t think it was a good choice to actually do the polar plunge this year either. I was a bit bummed but you know what?? Life happens. I always have next year- I will aim to do it for sure in 2017.

But I didn’t want to be a “Debbie Downer” about it. It is what it is and I have so much coming up that I really don’t want to get any sicker by plunging into freezing temperatures and running out into cold air. So I asked the boys if they would come with me (Vinny had to work) cause I at least wanted to make it down there to see it. They agreed and I was still excited to go. We stopped for breakfast, grabbed some nice hot coffee to go and headed on down.

There were thousands of people there!! People of all backgrounds and ages were there ready for the big dip. There were people in their swimsuits, pj’s, people dressed up in themes (we saw a bunch of Waldo’s, cowboys, bikers and even one guy dressed up like an astronaut). Everyone was so excited and the beach was abuzz!! I ran into some people I know which was fun as well.

At exactly noon – everyone ran in. From one side of the beach all the way to the other, thousands of people started screaming and charged in. Some ran in with their kids, animals and some even carried huge flags as they went in. It was quite the scene!! Even though we didn’t participate by actually running in the water, the boys and I agreed that we still had fun and just being there seeing this was an awesome thing to do on New Year’s Day.

So with that I’ll say- let this fabulous year commence. Cheers!! #HGAL