They finally got me

This is the 12th year that I have come to Port Aranasas, TX for summer vacation. Every year I have a fear. A fear that has never been realized...until now.

A couple of years ago almost everyone who came to the beach with me was stung, but I managed to stay clear. This year there was no sign of any thing scary in the water. I was splashing along with Philip enjoying myself. I thought I had walked through some seaweed - until my leg was suddenly screaming at me in pain and I reached down to pull the "seaweed" off and realized that I had just pulled a sea jelly off of my leg! Of course I went running out of the water yelling "ow! ow! ow!". Man do those things hurt!!

I would put a picture of my leg, but 1) I don't know how to get a picture off of my camera and onto this blog yet and 2) I don't think it would look that impressive. The sting (or searing pain) was worse than the mark.

But, I do feel better now knowing that I have survived one of my fears and lived to tell about it. Now, I just have to keep shuffling my feet and watch out for those sting rays...