This weekend was one of the most important weekends every year... We just did the Polar plunge, and it was awesome...
It was very cold, the wind on Friday was unbelievable, whenever the direction of the wind was right in front, hitting my face, I could feel my eyes water and it looked as if I was crying. My hand would go numb in a few seconds from the extreme coldness.
The resort was really beautiful, my room was absolutely stunning, so big with a view to the beach in the seventh floor. The kids had no problem getting comfortable in that room at all.
We actually went to the pool for about and hour, I was sad due that a day before my nine year old ferret died due to old age, he was my baby and we cried a lot on Thursday. Plus I had a fundraising going on for the polar plunge, and well lets just say that I was not been supported by the people I though had my back...
I was actually waiting to get registered for the event because my goal was $600 and I only had $395, and then... WOW!!! a whooper donation of $200 came to my rescue... I covered the rest and I was able to register with a smile knowing that I had a lot of awesome friends and that I had reached my goal...
I had an awesome Friday night making shirts for the plunge.
On Saturday I was able to wake up early, I got ready and got the kids ready, we went to have breakfast, it was so good, but then it was time to get things ready for the plunge...
We totally missed the first events, well all of them... except the plunge itself, it was so darn cold that I was OK with not been present for the other events.
I was running to the water and I was not expecting it to be as cold as it was, my body got so numb it started to hurt, even with that I kept walking forward, I was able to hi-five 3 of the rescue squad guys, even though I said that I was going to do that only "if" i reached the $800 dollars and I didn't... I just had to do something special for the $200 donation...
When I got out of the water my body was hurting so bad it was insane, it took me more than 25 minutes to get my normal temperature back, and that's when I notice the freeze burns on my legs...
Battle marks, that's what they are. After all it was a sacrifice for me to get in that cold water....
The rest of the day when really good, we ate with everyone in area 11 and had a good time. It was time to go pack and get thing ready for today, we went upstairs did laundry and started to pack.
This morning I had a hard time waking up, I finished packing and got everything in the car, after we went and had breakfast we had to enjoy our last moments in that amazing hotel...
The way back was really fast and smooth, we got home right before the mini snow storm... lol Next year I will do the plunge again, it will be my third time... and I am so making costumes for us, I have a year to think about what to make and actually make them, I also have a year to think about good ways to raise money...
