Life and Death on the Beach

Swam in the sea today. New beach, and the goal was to swim to a kelp forest. It was a bit too far for me, and I had to turn around before reaching it. I got pretty close, but then got a bit spooked by not beign able to see the bottom and by seeing a huge kelp. My mind added a sea lion because I was surrounded by blue, and sometimes felt like I was seeing light blue or white shadows in the water. Which made me think of sea lions. And killer whales. I had already seen a large moon jelly, and last time I walked near this beach I saw a HUGE sea lion very near the shore. So I get a bit wigged out and turned around. Also, last night I had a weird dream that I lost one of my nipples. I don’t know what that’s supposed to mean, but today I respected my limits, stayed calm, and still got to have an adventure. And now I have a new swim buddy.She kept going, and a grey seagull was following her. Her tow buoy is a blow-up duck, so it was sort of amusing to see the seagull paddling along behind the duck. I swam through…