So yesterday I had high hopes and lots of random things to do. I had a plan! But with every good plan things change right…
Well in calling my parents house, to find out what the “plan” was for fathers day, my mom asked if any of the kids wanted to come help move the boat. The J24 was put in the water but needed to be moved from the boat yard to the yacht club mooring. All three boys wanted to go. Thinking that was unfair to my parents, I said we all will go.
We get to the boat yard. The kids are programed well to put on their PFDs and they are off and running. The puppy, Bessie was with my parents, you know to add to the confusion. I told my dad we should take the power boat just in case the J24 motor breaks down. He agreed. My dad grew up on the water unlike my mother. She she is a nervous wreck! She went out and bought the dog a PFD. I chuckled thinking dogs swim why would she need a life jacket???
We motor out to the J24. Finally get the little 4horse power engine going. There is a scramble who was going with mommy and who was going with grandpa. Jordan put up such a stink i kicked him off the J24. So the twins, and the puppy were with me alone on the J24. No big deal. I have moved boats bigger and i knew my parents were right there. Of course my mother was a wreck, she was convinced someone was going over board!
So I gave Raymond and Nathaniel the rules…if anything happens, someone falls overboard blow your whistles! and if mommy says to sit, YOU SIT. No hanging on to the puppy, it is a sloped deck. Okay we were off! Engine stops. No big deal, gas line was disconnected. Got her going again. Kids are bouncing around with the puppy. Everyone was enjoying themselves.
We were almost into the harbor, and i could see the puppy on the foredeck, twins were back with me. 
Yup you guessed it! BESSIE WENT INTO THE WATER!! The boys started blowing their whistles. I could see her go in. So with out skipping a beat, i turned that boat around, just like a man over drill. Thank god that dog had a life jacket on, being black she would have been impossible to see. Well her splashing was huge too. Trail by fire! By the time i had the boat turned around, my parents were closer. I knew i could have let them pick the dog up. BUt in my head i did not want the boys to ever think that if they went into the water i would not be able to pick them up.
Plucked to dog out of the water, thank god for the handle on the PFD or else i would never have been able to pick her up! Just picture me laying down over the stern, foot pushing the tiller so steer, me by myself with two 7 year old twins blowing their whistles!!! I did not panic nor did the puppy which was good, she swam right to me. I could hear my mom I knew someone would go in! She actually thought i was Nathaniel in the water.
It felt good to prove to my parents I know what to do in case of an emergency. I felt good, because i knew what to do and how comfortable i was on the water. (even though my mom had pushed the panic button!! ) OH the adventures we have!!
After putting the J24 on the mooring, this is Bessie after going for her first swim and Jordan hanging on to her so she does not go in again. Personally i think she liked it! she was ready to go in again!!
