I turned 44 last August and I wasn’t too happy about it. Forty four. It had an omnious ring to it–one step closer to “middle age.” I was feeling pretty much like my best years were behind me and I reflected on the years past. Why-oh-why didn’t I appreciate my youth when I had it? Why didn’t I enjoy my size-10 figure when I had it? Why didn’t I run away to Florida and apply for a job as a show skier at Cypress Gardens when I was nineteen?
Fast forward to fall of 2009, and the hubby sent me an email with a link to Judy Myers, the 66-year-old gal who was featured in a Subway video, Fit to Boom and on the Today show. The videos aren’t captioned, but go take a look. That’s right, that 66-year-old is skimming along the water on her bare feet. She looks pretty darn good, doesn’t she?
That video got me all fired up. If a 66-year-old can barefoot, then I surely can do it again. Heck, Banana George didn’t retire from barefooting until he was in his 90’s!
So I decided that 2010 was going to be the year of getting back on my feet on top of the water. That’s right, I’m going barefooting again. I got in touch with Judy Myers and we started chatting back and forth via Facebook. She will be in Florida in the spring and I’m going to join her for a day of barefooting in March.
The last time I barefooted was about ten years ago– I lasted about one minute on the water. I attempted to barefoot last summer but sank in both times. So the last time I was really in shape and able to skim on the water was about 20 years ago.
Last week, I had a dream, and in the dream, I did a deep-water start with my legs wrapped around the rope– skimmed on top of the water on my butt and got up barefooting. The last time I did that was in 1984.
Stay tuned to the end of March to see if I can do that again.
