Brandi
05-04-2006, 08:02 AM
So here it is day 265 my husband and I have been with eachother 24 -7. Working together,biking together, everything. I am ready for a break you know? Love him but need some space.
So my neighbor is going fishing out in the ocean and invites my dh. Who has been itching to go for a while now, I am thinking "Yes" a morning to myself! Yeaaaaaaaa!!!!
He gets up at 4:30 to get ready yesterday morning and off he goes.
AHHHHH, I am happy. Only make breakfast for myself, catch up on my Northern exposure dvd's. Drink all the coffee and go for a bike ride on my time.
Well I get back from my bike ride to find my husband on the couch with a cup of hot coffee and he looks worn out.
I ask him how it went? And this is what he said.
He had got out about 250 yards from shore, was having a great time, when about 2 hours into it he noticed water in he's kayake ( this is a kayake made for fishing he borrowed from our neighbor, he said he thought he was imagining it, that the water had always been there. Well about a half an hour later he realized he's body weight was having no effect on the boat, then a big swell came and that was it, it went under! He scrambled to try and save stuff then realized how far he was going to have to swim and said scr*w this and then tried to tow the boat behind him. The part of the ocean he was in is very cold on the central coast of California. Hypothermia is always on your mind here. Surfers wear 3 to 4 mil. wetsuites and booties when they surf. My husband had teva's and shorts on. he did have a life vest and a kayake jacket on ( so if you roll this type of jacket helps keep the water out for a bit) Oh and did I mention Great whites hang out around here sometimes. So anyway, he tried to save the boat and got really tired fast and finally said scr*w that too. Oh he did have our neighbor with him out there but he was to far away to hear my husband yelling for him.
He finally made it to the rocky shore where he said it took like 10 minutes to get up the slippery rocks and on to the beach. He said he started to convulse from cold when the emergancy guys showed up (a little late) but they did give him hot paks and blankets, towed the boat in and went and got our neighbor. Ohh and they gave my husband some new clothes to change into. Almost a brand new pair of levi's and a ll bean sweatshirt. My husband tried to refuse and the ent guy said it was donated stuff. So that was cool.
SO I guess my moral to this story is watch what you wish for. I wanted time alone so bad almost got to much time alone. We hugged for a long time and snuggled watching tv last night.
Oh after he told me he's story he said " I think my bike ride is out for today" then procceded to take two naps yesterday and fell asleep by 9:00 last night.
So my neighbor is going fishing out in the ocean and invites my dh. Who has been itching to go for a while now, I am thinking "Yes" a morning to myself! Yeaaaaaaaa!!!!
He gets up at 4:30 to get ready yesterday morning and off he goes.
AHHHHH, I am happy. Only make breakfast for myself, catch up on my Northern exposure dvd's. Drink all the coffee and go for a bike ride on my time.
Well I get back from my bike ride to find my husband on the couch with a cup of hot coffee and he looks worn out.
I ask him how it went? And this is what he said.
He had got out about 250 yards from shore, was having a great time, when about 2 hours into it he noticed water in he's kayake ( this is a kayake made for fishing he borrowed from our neighbor, he said he thought he was imagining it, that the water had always been there. Well about a half an hour later he realized he's body weight was having no effect on the boat, then a big swell came and that was it, it went under! He scrambled to try and save stuff then realized how far he was going to have to swim and said scr*w this and then tried to tow the boat behind him. The part of the ocean he was in is very cold on the central coast of California. Hypothermia is always on your mind here. Surfers wear 3 to 4 mil. wetsuites and booties when they surf. My husband had teva's and shorts on. he did have a life vest and a kayake jacket on ( so if you roll this type of jacket helps keep the water out for a bit) Oh and did I mention Great whites hang out around here sometimes. So anyway, he tried to save the boat and got really tired fast and finally said scr*w that too. Oh he did have our neighbor with him out there but he was to far away to hear my husband yelling for him.
He finally made it to the rocky shore where he said it took like 10 minutes to get up the slippery rocks and on to the beach. He said he started to convulse from cold when the emergancy guys showed up (a little late) but they did give him hot paks and blankets, towed the boat in and went and got our neighbor. Ohh and they gave my husband some new clothes to change into. Almost a brand new pair of levi's and a ll bean sweatshirt. My husband tried to refuse and the ent guy said it was donated stuff. So that was cool.
SO I guess my moral to this story is watch what you wish for. I wanted time alone so bad almost got to much time alone. We hugged for a long time and snuggled watching tv last night.
Oh after he told me he's story he said " I think my bike ride is out for today" then procceded to take two naps yesterday and fell asleep by 9:00 last night.