Sick, lame and lazy.

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Fri 2 Nov 2012 20:45

This is just a quick update on the state of the Bells generally!

Firstly, Serafina came through Hurricane Sandy unscathed.   We were rung by David Masters (S/Y Endeavour) with suggestions of what he could do to reduce windage on deck.  I am afraid I had taken my eye off the ball and presumed Sandy had headed away after Jamaica and Cuba …..     So David very kindly took down our cockpit covers and lovely new dodger, emptied the cockpit of debris and taped up round the companionway – unfortunately Serafina was stern into the direction of the hurricane.  Luckily the path moved northwards and went over Delaware rather than Annapolis as originally forecast, so the winds were ‘only’ 65 miles per hour we believe.

It’s hard to believe how much damage has been done to all those lovely places we have been to over the summer and we do really commiserate with everyone who has suffered.   We were deeply relieved to hear from many of our friends who are all in the Chesapeake area, waiting to go south for the winter as soon as insurance companies let them leave the nice safe north and head south into hurricane areas…..and they have all survived intact.

Secondly, I have now seen a consultant here in the UK and had my (already weedy) ankle re-X-rayed and re-plastered.   The joint is undamaged, it is only one straightforward break and there is no ligament damage to create joint stability problems.   And so I will be out of plaster by the first week of December.   On Monday we are hiring an automatic transmission car so that I will become mobile and Rob will be free!   Yesterday, trying to be more independent I decided to try coming downstairs with my crutches (obviously I now know I am a complete idiot, but I thought that is what people did….and one doesn’t always want to be inelegantly bum shuffling in public places!) and managed to catch a crutch on the third last step and fall the rest.   Rob is now speaking to me again but sympathy has definitely run rather dry!

Rob’s knee is much more comfortable but it is probable that it is arthritic damage to the joint so no nice easy solution.   And just as soon as he is rid of the useless wife, he will be heading off to the golf course at long last.   Although all his UK clients are falling out of the woodwork with lots of work……

This is the last blog until we go back to Serafina in the spring, so with all good wishes for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year and thanks for the interest.   New Year’s resolution?   Try to  be less loquacious when blogging!