A Brief Conversation That I Might Have Had With My Beautiful Bride Regarding a Cruising Sailboat and Our Drinking Habits
Me: I’m a little worried about cruising and drinking.
My Beautiful Bride: What do you mean?
Me: I mean, I have to stay alert at night. What if the wind shifts or the anchor drags?
My Beautiful Bride: I’ll wake you up.
Me: Yea, but I’ll be groggy. I need to be able to make good decisions in an emergency situation.
My Beautiful Bride: And if you had 3 martinis before bed?
Me: Exactly. Daddy no wakey.
My Beautiful Bride:
Me:
My Beautiful Bride:
Me:
My Beautiful Bride: We’ll just have to get drunk in the morning.
Me: Frigging EUREKA baby! High five.
My Beautiful Bride:
Me: No. I mean it. That’s genius at work, right there.
I don’t know if this needs explanation or not. The subject came up when I was relating a story from a friend who vacationed in the Bahamas for a week and didn’t remember much from the trip due to the constant drinking. He also recommended leaving the anchorage early in the morning so you could get to the next place in plenty of time to do some fun stuff prior to dark. Naturally, when David verbalized his concern, I put the two together. Apparently, some of our daughter’s friends think we are drunks now. Maybe we are. At present I am a functioning member of society, right? What exactly is “functioning” anyway? I can’t remember.
Comment by Dana — May 6, 2008 @ 10:18 am
Some things Mothers shouldn’t get involved with! Besides, it’s all our fault.
Comment by Karen — May 9, 2008 @ 1:32 pm