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Today is my birthday. My original goal was to ride Josh and Kevin’s epic 1200 foot zip line, but plans changed.

I went out with my parents to walk my grandpa’s dog, Daisy Mae. She’s a one-eyed rescued chihuahua/pug mix.

I wanted to mark the day with something, because I like to remember previous birthdays.  During the walk I found this spot:

It was impossible for me to look at the beach and turn around and leave, so my parents left me at the beach while they drove around town to do other things.

The shoreline was further than I thought, so I ran as fast as I could to spend as much time close to the water as possible. At one moment a did an epic, hyper hip-kid leap over a log and kept running. Maybe I was influenced by this song and video that I’ve been obsessively watching/listening to on repeat since I’ve been out here.

It’s been a week since I arrived in Cali. Ceremony for Grandpa Jack is Friday.