September 28 - decided to try paddle boarding with Pam, one of the other pharmacists at work. She has a friend who paddle boards all the time who was kind (and patient) enough to let us try out her board to see if it was really something that we wanted to do. Of course, we went out to do this on a VERY windy and cool day- far from ideal. We went to a boat landing at the end of Simmons Street in Mount Pleasant. Pam never hit the water, whereas I spent a great deal of time in it. I got so scared that I was going to fall off as I tried to get on , that I did. I was so afraid that my head was going to hit the dock that I kept pushing myself off the board away from the dock. But, I figured that if I ever did get up, that I'd be fine. And, I was! But, it was so, so windy that it was hard to steer in the cove of the landing. I even hit the bank one time, and because I didn't think about it, kept my balance nicely. Not so when I ventured further into the cove and in coming back, the force of the wind made me go really, really fast right into the dock on the other side. I didn't even think about back paddling (nor did Pam's friend think to yell at me to do so), I just was like- oh, crap- I'm going to hit this really hard! And, I did- and, got thrown off. Le sigh. One time, I landed on an oyster bed under the sand and got pretty cut up, so I ended up going to Nason's Medical Clinic to get a tetanus shot and antibiotics so I wouldn't get cellulitis. We all met up after that at a local restaurant called The Shelter, and that was good! Actually, I would love to try it again. I see all these older ladies with their dogs sitting on the front of their boards paddling away, so surely I can do it as well. If I can only get over my fear of getting on. We will see what spring time brings........
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