Typical me

This is what I do. I decide I'm going to do something, and then without forethought or logic, I sign up.

I've done this again. I have decided I want to sea kayak...in the Sea of Cortez for nine days straight. Now, one might presume I was indeed a "kayaker" perhaps have taken a lesson or 10, or maybe even sat in a kayak. This is not the case. I just like to assume that because I want to do these things, and have full use of my limbs, these "things" are within my scope. So I signed up. Then I read the small print which said.."16 miles a day..." this did not deter me...then I read "must pass Dunk Test or Wet Exit". This did its job...I am deterred. I immediately googled these terms and was horrified. Apparently, one needs to know what to do in the event one of these streamline little suckers flips over leaving you strapped in and under water. None of this occured to me. I have witnessed countless kayakers swooshing aimlessly and effortlessly through the still waters of wherever....but never have I seen the bottom of the kayak with some poor soul stuck under it!

I am now in a bit of a panic. This dunk thing sounds a little too "athletic" for my current state of physical prowess...it may end in disaster...so I have to cancel. I think I will have be realistic and maybe sign up for a lesson before spending $2k on a kayaking vacation. But I hate to do this. After all it is on my vision board.