Tammi's World

Public Correction

Ok - I lied. Now, now just wait a minute before you start lecturing me. I didn't mean to. I was just so distraught due to the unfair taunting that T1G was doin', I mean for cryin' out loud. Posting about boating and dolphins and sun and stuff. Damn.

Anyway - in my comments I told him that in 10 years of regular boating I had never had an accident on a boat or on the water.

That's not quite true.

You see - there was this one time.......

It was early April. Still kinda chilly in the water. But we took the boat down to South Sarasota and were gonna do a bit of hiking. So we back the boat up and anchor off.

My friend C jumps off the boat and checks to make sure the anchor is solid. I get up on the back ledge and slip one foot in. Holy Shit. Cold. Cold like 70 something degrees. I do NOT get in the Gulf unless it's close to 84 degrees in the water. Period.

So I sit back down, light a cigarette and tell them I'll just wait there. No big deal. Well the nagging began. I was called everything but a Christian. Finally I just gave in. I get back up on the ledge and prepare to slip down.

Now please keep in mind. I had a lit cigarette and a can of beer. As I slid into the water I just kept going. I didn't hit bottom. Seems the boat had drifted a bit and had come away from the sandbar. I went down. But I'm happy to say my cigarette stayed lit and my beer can never touched the water.

I - however - came up screamin'.

COOOOLLLLLLLDDDDDDD!

There I am, treading water and sputterin'. The guy on the yaht next to us was laughing so hard, he fell off the deck. THAT got me laughin' and down I went again. Still hung on to the cigarette and beer but another dunkin'. Damn.

So you see....I did have a mishap. An accident as it were. No injuries, but still. I wanna always be honest with you folks. After all, it's the ladylike thing to do.

Posted by Tammi at August 15, 2006 05:15 AM | TrackBack