The Patience of a Saint

I am the best girlfriend ever. This isn’t just my ego taking over, he actually told me this. Actually I paraphrased, his exact words were: “You are the best girlfriend I have ever had.” Thanks babe!

I highly doubt that I am the best girlfriend ever. I certainly have a few quirks that might send others running for the hills. Luckily, I am not the only one who has quirks.

For such a laid back group, surfers are surprisingly picky about where they surf. Before my boyfriend goes in the water, we have to drive to several different beaches to check the conditions at each. Before we even leave the house, he is checking the waves on his phone. Did you know there is a website where you can access live cameras of all the beaches? It’s called iinami.com (ii nami means ‘good waves’ in English). He is constantly looking at this site. On a positive note, I never have to use a weather app again. He is my walking weather reporter. Lucky me!

I asked my yoga instructor, who also happens to be a surfer, and she said that her partner is the same. He has to drive to multiple beaches before he gets into the water. I guess it’s a surfer thing. She said it used to drive her insane, but she learned to just go with it.

I am either going to develop the patience of a saint, or I am going to go crazy.

At least the view is good... checking the surf at Takanabe.