2 solid incidents within a span of 6 months that I'm totally not proud of.
A colleague of mine offered to take me along, when she went wind surfing this weekend. She thot I wasn't getting around Stockholm enough and this would be a good diversion. I didnt really know what to expect, so said ok to the offer. Wind surfing sounded like fun!!
So, off I went today, packed with themost envious picnic bag. Water, Fruit juice, yoghurt, grilled chicken, raisin & nuts.. the works.. I also packed a towel, change of clothes and ofcourse the camera. Am very proud of myself now.
At this beautiful lake, in a place called Saltsjöbaden, I watch my colleague and her boyfriend windsurfing and am excited. In a fit of impulsiveness, I decide to do it too!! So, I paid the instructor, learnt a few lessons on the stimulator and then was ready to go! Mind you, I don't know swimming!
I got into a wet suit (one size too big, I think), picked up my board and sail and went into the water. Gosh!! The water was cold! Just my luck that it gets a bit windy and the board starts drifting further and further into the lake even before I had my sail up! So, what do I do? Panic. Yep!! I sure did!!
I refused to put up the sail and screamed that someone come and get me. The colleague was not too kicked by this. She goes 'this is Sweden. You do everything yourself. Get off the board and wade back to the shore!!!!" So much for empathy!!
And that's what I did. Got off the board, dragged my the board and sail back to the shore in neck deep, cold water and refused to try again. I am so ashamed of myself! I did the same thing back in March when I very enthusiastically signed up for Scuba diving even though the organiser thot it was a bad idea. I got all dressed in the gear and went a few meters down. All was well until the instructor thot that my goggles were foggy. He adjusted it. Wrong move. Water entered my eyes now, I panicked and floated back up and refused to go down again!! I must admit that I thought I was getting asthma. It was so difficult for me to breathe slowly under water!
What a lot of waste of money. Not to forget the morale!!
Damn!
Damn!
Damn!! I should so go to swimming classes.
6 comments:
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Do you not have any empathy, sympathy or any of those 'thy's? ***sob***
No. :)
I just found the whole incident funny. I tried to imagine you paddling back to the shore with ur bare hands and legs.
Trust me, you are not the only one. and by the way, I wasn't paddling. Sigh!! I was wading, dragging the board and the sail behind me :( Very sad, very said. ***hangs head in shame***!
This was 4 years ago and you still haven't done anything about it.
Let me help.
It wouldn't take long to teach you how to swim and it would obviously have its rewards. And like the Swedes, I wouldn't stand for any of your drama.
Aw.. thanks Craig.. but perhaps I will do something about it this winter.
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