Sunday, June 14, 2015

Deb I Said, "Wade, Not Swim"

Deb and I had a little adventure this afternoon. She decided to sit on the beach with her feet in the water. We enjoyed watching the waves, the children playing in the sand and people walking or running on the beach. 

We had been on the beach for a while when Deb decided to go back inside but I asked her  to wade in the shallow water while I took her picture. Everything went well for a few steps and I snapped her picture. Then suddenly Deb disappeared from my sight, and I found her lying in the water. 

After helping Deb sit up in the water I snapped a couple pictures then lay my phone on dry sand so I could help her up. The task wasn't as easy as we expected.

Facing Deb, I put my hands under her arms and my knees against hers and pulled. She pushed with her legs as I pulled and Deb would get part of the way out of the water then start laughing. Of course she went limp when she laughed and I dropped her back into the water. 

Several times we would almost get Deb to her feet then I dropped her back into the water when we started laughing. 

Finally after several attempts it looked like we would make it. Deb was pushing with her legs as I pulled but we didn't expect it to work, so we over-compensated and we both tumbled into the water. 

After Deb and I sat and laughed a bit we started trying again. Finally a couple women on the beach came over and helped us get  Deb up and to her chair. 

We sat and rested a few minutes before coming back inside to get into dry clothes. It wasn't the wade in the ocean we expected, but it was enjoyable.... 

No comments:

Post a Comment