The "Overdosing on the Sea" Story

OK! OK!! I'm not giving up, yet! Thanks for all the comments by way of email and on my blog as well as the phone calls telling me they enjoyed the nonsense I wrote this past year. People who I had no idea would be reading the stories. You can't imagine how much I enjoyed writing the stories. And ... I talked with Carol and we came up with another batch that can be told. Maybe not ever day, but a few a week. So, here goes ....

It was an ordinary day. Finally!! For the past few days I had been rather drowsy and listless. Not enjoying myself much. And I was on vacation. I thought it was the cruise ship that was doing it to me. Then some one asked me if I had been to the ship's doctor to get medication for my queezey feeling. I already was taking Bonine, had a patch behind my ear, and wore a wrist bracelet. "Are you sure your not taking too much medication?" Carol said to me. I didn't

think so. This is the first cruise that we had ever taken. I had been deep sea fishing a few times and always got seasick,so I went to the doctor to get a prescription for something so I wouldn't get seasick on the cruise. He gave me a prescription for the patch behind the ear and told me that I will be just fine. Well, I wasn't taking any chances so I upped the medicines to make sure. Several times I was so drowsy that I wasn't quite sure where I was. Then Carol questioned me about how much I was taking. "Well, I guess I could stop with the Bonine, but I sure hope I don't feel sick," I told her. Then again, I couldn't feel much worse. Next day I felt better so I pulled the patch off from behind my ear. Hey, now I'm feeling much better and starting to enjoy the cruise. Wasn't long before the bracelet was left in the stateroom. I finally began to realize that fishing on a small boat off the Jersey shore and being on a megaton ship with stabilizers were two totally different things. I now had a chance to enjoy myself. And ... the endless amounts of food tasted much better. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.