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She says: when I was about fourteen, I had this one day where I went out in PEI, just me and my mom and dad. I got to choose everything we did. We went and looked at seals, I had a box of Timbits all to myself and, best of all, I drove a jet ski. At the end of our half hour rental time, the guy said he'd never seen someone get tossed off so many times. By doing donuts, I fell off at least ten times, laughing hysterically.
Sixteen years later, in the crystal clear waters at Ladies' Beach in Kusadasi, Turkey, I rode a jet ski for the second time. Only this time, I had no desire to capsize. With the combination of my recovering back and the disaster that is my right ear (after a two hour wait at the clinic, the shop's doctor, as played by Jim Carrey in his In Living Color years, was stumped, the diagnosis: ear pimple on the outside of my ear canal had disappeared and one had emerged deep inside the ear canal. Despite the drops and pills he gave me, I barely slept and my ear is THROBBING), I did NOT want to be thrown from the jet ski. In Matt's attempt to be cautious, he took a turn WAY too slow, swamped the key ski and threw me off. He, of course, was fine. Sopping and furious, I got back on behind him, wishing we'd pulled a Mitt Romney and let the wife drive. Other than that one dump, our Turkish jet skiing experience was pretty exhilarating, and my wet bum added an extra element of adventure.
In what is emerging as a pattern, I played with some stray cays and then fed my feet to some doctor fish. The two tanks on the boardwalk above the beach ate in front of a salon, and I've never drawn such a crowd doing ANYTHING. I was the main attraction of the block. Entire families stopped and gaped at me. If kids weren't with their parents, I made terrified faces as if the fish were hurting me terribly. I'm just that awesome.
On the docket for the rest of the afternoon, more sunning and swimming on the gorgeous beach and a hunt for our favourite Turkish snack, gozeleme.
After last year's experience, I'm not sure if I'm going to let Matt get another Turkish massage.
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Kim Too funny! xxoo