I Love the Ocean

So we came to the beach, and I unloaded all our bags from the car and carried them over to lounge chairs and umbrellas. All over the beaches there were two lounge chairs with an umbrella between them. And Mrs. Crazy and her friend would sit next to each other, and me and the kids would occupy at least two spaces somewhere behind them. The kids were there with a bunch of their friends and I tried my best to hang out and talk with them. But the thing is a bunch of twelve year old kids don't want to hang out with some random American girl. And they certainly don't want to have to stop and explain everything in English every two seconds. I completely understood this, and tried to just be near them and ask questions whenever Mrs. Crazy appeared to be paying attention.
I wasn't exactly sure what she wanted me to do. Was I supposed to make them all speak Emglish? Some of them didn't even know English. SO I went over and tried to play with DC. Big mistake. He was having none of me. I sat in the sand in front of him and picked up a shovel and began digging. I tried to hand him a shovel and he would take it and throw it at me. Then he ran off screaming and sat down next to his mom. After trying some variation of this for over a half an hour, the mom took him and went out to swim with him. She told me I should go swimming, so I quickly pulled off my shorts and t shirt and ran for the water. It was cold.
I guess summer was pretty much over by this point in time. THat was why the beaches were never very busy. But the Crazies were trying to eek out every little bit of beach time they could. But I swam out as far as I could and just started treading water.
I love the ocean. In Egypt, we went to the Red Sea and I swam out on my own and just tread water for about two hours by myself. I think it's the most calming place on earth. I think it's the ebb and flow I like best. So I swam out there and just stared all around. On one side was a little hillside was a little hill area with craggly long limbed trees I think I had seen in a video in Sunday School once. And to the other side was some sort of city with a bunch of building.
There was a little bit of sand, but most of the shore right by the water was gravel. And small stones. But for the moment, I was in the middle of the Mediterranean Ocean, and it was quiet, and I was alone, and I felt the most calm i had in days.