Personal Narrative: Open Water Drowsy

Drowsy and distracted is a recipe for disaster when you are floating aimlessly in the Atlantic Ocean. You are responsible for making sure you do not drift off into the endless void. I will admit that I sometimes find it hard to stay awake during an early morning class but that is nothing compared to the focus it takes to not nod off as the soothing swells rock your inner tube. My friend, Tiffany and I luckily had the foresight to tie our inner tubes together as to not stray from each other but had no plans for what to do if we strayed from all land in general. I can assure you rehearsing for a remake of Open Water was not a part of our original itinerary. We normally spend our beach trips in the downtown areas rather than beach itself so we made it our personal mission to spend more time in the ocean this year. It was going well up until that day. We had hauled our large, awkward inner tubes down to the scorching boardwalk and through the somehow even hotter sand. The chill of the water was a refreshing contrast to the over bearing ball of fire in the sky. We marched through the oncoming waves until we finally got beyond their breaking point, where the waves were nothing more than gentle swells. It seemed like the start of another perfect day at the beach. We bobbed cheerfully in our neon green inner tubes, burning through all our usual topics (hot guys we see, our plans for the day, etc.) in record time. Suddenly our high energy chatter became slower, our
We may have failed our personal mission but that didn’t mean we didn’t enjoy ourselves. It was easily one of the best vacations I have ever been on. You can plan all you want and try to control all the details of your day but it is important to realize that your plans may not work out like you intended and sometimes going with the flow can be even more memorable especially when you are with your best