8.30 am Leave home to take Nick to town; meet up with Geoff at his house. Nick, Geoff and Maddy buy more flippers, goggles etc at Rose & Crown. The boys and I go home. Nick and Geoff proceed to New Horizons where they hire a kayak and set off for Lemon Valley.
9.30 am Arrive home, hang up washing, do a bit of scrapping.
10.40 am Ready to leave home again for town; Aaron burns his thumb on the cigarette lighter in the car. Both boys come rushing inside accompanied by the smell of burning flesh. Run Aaron’s thumb under cold water for a while before wrapping it up in a package of frozen cauliflower. Since Nick is not around I have to handle the emergency on my own. I’m no good in emergencies.
11.00 am Aaron sufficiently calm for us to go to town.
11.20 am Meet up with ladies at the Coffee Shop – Maureen, Elza, Pam, Cindy and I chat while the kids play. Very nice. Aaron grosses all the girls out with viewings of his thumb. Speak to a nurse at the Coffee Shop who advises that we get the burn attended to.
12.20 pm Think we see Nick and Geoff in the sea – drive to the landing steps for a closer look but didn’t see them after all. By then a large container ship has anchored for a crew member needing medical attention. Chat briefly to Dr Bloem who was waiting to embark. (Photo below taken from outside the Manse).
12.30 pm Drop Pam off in town and continue up with boys to the hospital. Find a nurse who dresses Aaron’s wound with Flameze, gauze and bandage. Thumb already feeling much better. Defrosted cauliflower later discarded.
1.00 pm Have lunch at Pam.
2.00 pm Drive back to town to look for Nick and Geoff. Find them returning the kayak to New Horizons. Reported a good morning despite Nick losing a flipper when the kayak tipped. Some debate as to our next step.
2.10 pm Caleb and Maddison go for a swim in the pool. Nick, Geoff, Pam, Aaron and I return to the coffee shop for a while. Big waves coming up over the waterfront – poor little government car thoroughly salted.
2.30 pm Nick, Aaron and I drive up to Rose & Crown for Nick to try buy, discounted, a broken pair of flippers to replace the lost one. He is given the flippers.
3.00 pm We retrieve Caleb from the pool and come home.
4.30 pm Supper – Tuesday night’s bean hash reheated.
5.00 pm Nick leaves for Bible Study.
9.30 am Arrive home, hang up washing, do a bit of scrapping.
10.40 am Ready to leave home again for town; Aaron burns his thumb on the cigarette lighter in the car. Both boys come rushing inside accompanied by the smell of burning flesh. Run Aaron’s thumb under cold water for a while before wrapping it up in a package of frozen cauliflower. Since Nick is not around I have to handle the emergency on my own. I’m no good in emergencies.
11.00 am Aaron sufficiently calm for us to go to town.11.20 am Meet up with ladies at the Coffee Shop – Maureen, Elza, Pam, Cindy and I chat while the kids play. Very nice. Aaron grosses all the girls out with viewings of his thumb. Speak to a nurse at the Coffee Shop who advises that we get the burn attended to.
12.20 pm Think we see Nick and Geoff in the sea – drive to the landing steps for a closer look but didn’t see them after all. By then a large container ship has anchored for a crew member needing medical attention. Chat briefly to Dr Bloem who was waiting to embark. (Photo below taken from outside the Manse).12.30 pm Drop Pam off in town and continue up with boys to the hospital. Find a nurse who dresses Aaron’s wound with Flameze, gauze and bandage. Thumb already feeling much better. Defrosted cauliflower later discarded.1.00 pm Have lunch at Pam.
2.00 pm Drive back to town to look for Nick and Geoff. Find them returning the kayak to New Horizons. Reported a good morning despite Nick losing a flipper when the kayak tipped. Some debate as to our next step.
2.10 pm Caleb and Maddison go for a swim in the pool. Nick, Geoff, Pam, Aaron and I return to the coffee shop for a while. Big waves coming up over the waterfront – poor little government car thoroughly salted.
2.30 pm Nick, Aaron and I drive up to Rose & Crown for Nick to try buy, discounted, a broken pair of flippers to replace the lost one. He is given the flippers.3.00 pm We retrieve Caleb from the pool and come home.
4.30 pm Supper – Tuesday night’s bean hash reheated.
5.00 pm Nick leaves for Bible Study.
2 comments:
Poor Aaron! That looks like a nasty burn!
Less the burn and the kayaking, your schedule reminded me of days on the island with one car, going here, going there, picking Kyle up, meeting someone there.
Hoping that the person from the container ship is ok!
My goodness!
I sat starring at the photo of his finger for a few moments before I could even read what happened.
Hope you feel better Aaron!
-ema
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