Whale Watching

Who thought this was a good idea?!? Oh yeah, I did.
We went whale watching on a field trip with Lily's school. Papa Mustache was in town, so we thought it would be a really fun thing for all of us to do. WRONG! We left out of Redondo Beach on a foggy, but otherwise nice day. The kids and I took dramamine. I have terrible motion sickness and I didn't want the kids to be miserable for 3 hours either. We got to see some beautiful animals swimming around. We saw pods of dolphins and a sea lion chasing after them. There were a bunch of sea lions laying on the buoys and more in the water, sticking their fins out to regulate their body temperature. About an hour into the trip, things went south. Ben wanted to get out of his stroller. He ran around and kept falling over and cutting his hands on the non-skid deck. Lily started to snap and I started to get sick. Woohoo, big fun. Both kids fell asleep and I laid on the back of the boat ready to barf. Of course, of the middle school group that was there, 2/3 of them came to throw up right next to me, so that helped. We did see a whale and it was really cool. I got to see the whole tail in the air thing, but after that, he just came up and went under, only showing his back a little bit. At that point, I was sending the whale messages, please just go away so that the boat will get moving again. That sitting and rocking part is the worst. Note to anyone who does not get motion sickness: If you see someone who is green and feeling terrible, don't ask them if they're feeling ok. Isn't it obvious?! Also, do not give us suggestions of how to feel better. How would you know?! Looking at the horizon does NOT help!! What would help is if you get the #%@^$ out of my face and get me off this boat! I don't know why I always forget how bad it is and then assume that dramamine will work. I'm not too bright. I felt hungover until the following night. I waited until I got off the boat to throw up. Matt felt this was best in order to avoid a Stand By Me domino effect. (Lard-ass, Lard-ass). I'm a loud puker. I'm just glad that the kids slept, rather than getting sick. On the way home, Lily was all groggy and said, "I was dreaming about dolphins." I hope she knows that she really did see them!






Little sea lion......