A welcome rest

I think it's funny that I yearn so much for the chance to go to the beach, and after three days I'm ready for a break. It's the physical work that gets me. My legs felt like jelly after three days of back-and-forth from the beach. Yesterday and today have been quite cloudy, so I'm trying to get other stuff done.
Tuesday was almost as slow as Monday. I didn't count my float beforehand so I'm not sure how much I made, but it was probably $20 or so. At least between the two days I made back the cost of the lemons I bought on Tuesday. Time seemed to disappear before my eyes on Tuesday. I had my normal two hours of work with a friend in the morning, and then I raced home, ate some lunch and drove out to Burnaby with Dave and my roommate Emily to see my sister-in-law-once-removed ice dancing. Emily took me to the drive to buy some lemons and then we raced home again, and I went to the beach. I kept thinking that it was silly for me to be going because I had to be back on this side of town by 7pm for a friend's unicorn themed bicycle ride birthday party. I figured I'd have two hours at the beach, and an equal amount of time commuting. I didn't even sell out of what I had...but it was chill and hell, I was at the beach! By the time I got home Tuesday night from the birthday party, I had been riding my bike for over four hours. Needless to say, I had a sore bum!
Wednesday was great though; Dave had helped me squeeze my new batch of lemons on Tuesday night, so I made fresh-fresh lemonade and went to the beach expecting another slow day. I sold out in about an hour and a half! I didn't bring all that much, maybe 7L, but it was great to see it go s quickly. Two of the vendors (watermelon girl and one of the beer girls) bought some and raved about it. That made me happy. Oh, and I brought a bunch of blueberries I had picked and charged $1 to put a scoopful in the lemonade. People seemed to like that. I felt silly that I had brought so little, but I was still glad not to be hauling any home.
Margarita boy made a comment on Tuesday evening that made me feel good: after telling a guy to put his camera away, he came up to me and said that since I am well respected on the beach I should be on camera patrol. Even if the comment came purely from him, it made me happy. After selling out, it was nice to just hang out on the beach and only get up every once in awhile to go get cups back.
I've really been enjoying getting to know some of my regular customers...there are a lot of "characters" on the beach, and I realized that I spend a lot of my time smiling.
I'm not sure what the forecast is for the next while, but I'm hoping to get a few more days in. Why must summer go so quickly?!