Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Fri Nov 8 - In which I seek help


Heritage Plantation Marina – stayed put for the day

I finally admitted that Rick might be right (ahhhhh – I hate doing that) and that I might need an antibiotic to get rid of this nasty respiratory infection I have; complete with super sore swollen glands. So we stayed at the marina for the day and I Ubered (can you believe it’s a verb) to an urgent care, while Rick did tons of laundry, worked a little on the boat and relaxed for the day.  I don’t think he even knows how to spell the word ‘relax’ so I’m sure he didn’t… I triumphed at the urgent care (where they wanted to know if I had delivered my children vaginally in order to look at my nose - ????) and was successful in getting an antibiotic.  It is POSSIBLE I made myself sound really important by explaining that I was ‘moving a boat down the East Coast’ – which, while not a LIE exactly, is perhaps giving the impression that I do this all the time…

Coming home I walked by a dollar store, but did NOT succumb.  I did succumb at Starbucks, since it’s been a long time since my last Chai Latte. 

It was a cloudy, blustery day with a very strong current in the Waccamaw river.  It is supposed to get significantly colder tomorrow (morning temps in mid-30).  In fact, Rick would not shut up about how cold is was going to get – I just ignored him and took a nap all afternoon.  I’m going to milk this infection just like I milked my birthday!!!

While we like the gentle rocking of the boat when going to sleep, we like less the pretty noisy slap of water against, basically, our heads.  The type of boat we have, a Mainship, does not have a very sleek bottom profile (kind of like me) and there is more surface area for the water to hit.  Another thing to get used to…

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