We have been in TX and LA for 12 days over the Christmas break but are now back on the boat! Satchel was up and walking great all around both Grandparent's houses. Now we are back on the boat and he is once more falling to the constant, gentle swaying of the boat. However, he is definitely getting better but I think is a little bewildered as to why he cant walk upright consistently as he did for the last two weeks. We have had several bumps and bruises from falling on the boat. Satchel fell and hit his ear on the lip of the entry way into the bathroom. We had to ice it and give him tylenol for that one. His other 2 late bruises on the forehead and eye came while walking on his sea legs on the solid ground at daycare. Ohhh the days of learning to walk!! I am sure more bruises are coming!
My bruised leg on the other hand was from poor judgeme
nt. There are 4 fiberglass panels about 6" long that slide into slots and stack together to form the door/glass of the companionway out of the boat. We usually remove the top panel and then step over the rest to get out. Well, me being lazy about it, I decided to step over the full height of them (~4ft)by stepping on the bench in the cockpit, then over the panels, onto the small first step inside. Being the old person I am getting to be, I did not get a solid step onto that first step and my foot slid off...OUCH!! That darn top panel scraped all the way up the back of my knee and thigh with the full weight of my big body. Needless to say there was a bruise!
Guess we will just say these are all 'survivor bruises' of surviving walking AND living on a boat!
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