The boom goes...well, BOOM

[wayfaringwordhack]

I didn't really feel like going sailing yesterday; I woke up with a sore throat and would have rather stayed home to write. However, some friends are leaving Mayotte on Saturday, and it was the last time we could take them out on the boat.  So, gathering good cheer to me like tattered raiment, I went with them.

Once we were under sail, everyone found a place to lounge on the deck. I decided it would be a good time to sneak in a few words. I retrieved my notebook from port hull and was counseled to lie down across the stern of the catamaran, behind the tiller bar. I had just moved a gas can out of my way and was getting ready to lie down when the boom swung around and whacked me squarely across the nose. I saw stars just before the tears flooded them away. I had enough presence of mind to lie down quickly before I lost my balance and went overboard.

That kind of accident can be fatal or extremely dangerous. I was lucky to come away from it with a scratch and a slightly swollen nose. The not-so-funny thing is just a split second before getting hit, I thought, Hurry, hurry; lie down. You never know when the boom is going to come around.

Comments

[clarentine]

Oh, ow! I sure hope you're feeling better today, but knowing collisions of that sort I kind of doubt it. May the pain last only a little while, at any rate.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks. My head and neck hurt today, but the nose is only sore if I touch it.

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

Yowsers! Glad you received only minor injuries. That's two ouchy postings recently. Please take care of yourself!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sounds like I'm trying to do myself in, doesn't it?

[pjthompson]

Oh honey, I'm so sorry. You're going to have lovely black eyes. I sure hope your nose isn't broken.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I think it got me on the cartilage. I have a red spot, some swelling, but no blackness like I thought I would have. Thank the Lord for great mercies, eh?

[pjthompson]

I hope you don't get the blackness, glad if you don't.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Two days later and no blackness. I think I'm home free. :D

[pjthompson]

Yay!!

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

That really does not sound fun. I hope you dosed the people who convinced you to go with an extra amount of guilt for that!

And at least now you can say you suffer for your art, and mean it.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I piled on the guilt. Julien especially felt it. :P

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Excellent... :-)

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

And you promised you were going to be more careful.

Next time, don't tempt fate like that!

::hugs::

I hope you aren't suffering much.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

These darned accidents keeping sneaking up or slamming into me. I *do* try to be careful. :P

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Hope you're feeling better today.

And yeah, I hate that moment of "Oh no! Do this! Do that!" when it's really too late to do anything than just think it and wait for the whack.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I didn't even see the boom coming until it made contact. I guess I was just having a psychic moment. :P

[frigg.livejournal.com]

That's actually rather cool in a non-effective and disturbing kind of way. :p

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*lol* I only wish I was that cool. I just knew it was a dangerous place to be. :P

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

Owie! I'm glad it wasn't worse.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Yes, last night, one of our dinner guests was telling me stories of the same accident that had fatal consequences for others. ::shudders::

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

*shudder*