As a result of the nose incident, Abby seems to have lost her wetsuit, but keeps surfing nonetheless, developing great board rash. We had another lazy day. The siren went off at midday, indicating we were allowed to have lunch, and at 5:00 p.m., indicating we were allowed to have a glass of white wine. We watched 3 movies (Mrs. Henderson Presents, Blue Crush, and Howl’s Moving Castle) and had Roquefort pasta for dinner, with another one of Amy’s delicious salads. (She made one the other night of parboiled green beans and carrots and left over corn.) We sat out on the porch and watched the light fade on the headlands, the last surfers catch their last wave in, and the pelicans making runs along the breaking waves.

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