I Feel So Alone
When boarding a ferry at Rosslare, passengers, myself being one of them, were warned that the weather was so bad that the crossing to Fishguard might have to be postponed overnight. There was a lot of grumbling. Anyway, someone in authority decided that the risk was worth it.
The majority of us sat in the bar, but I quite liked the way the vessel was rolling so I went up on deck and stood at the rail, luxuriating in the wind and seaspray. I moved away when I realised that everyone else taking the breeze was puking over the side. So, reluctantly I joined the majority in the saloon.
One by one, people got up and left, abandoning their whiskey, their gin and tonic, their pints of Guinness. Eventually i realised I had the whole place to myself. There were hundreds (or maybe only scores) of passengers, and I was the only one to be unaffected by seasickness. I mean, I was affected, but not the same way. I felt left out of a community experience.
Ironically, upon disembarking at Fishguard, I felt wretched because i'd finished off my sisters' drinks rather quickly. Pity to pay and waste. Didn't even get the chance to get properly drunk. Blurgh
The majority of us sat in the bar, but I quite liked the way the vessel was rolling so I went up on deck and stood at the rail, luxuriating in the wind and seaspray. I moved away when I realised that everyone else taking the breeze was puking over the side. So, reluctantly I joined the majority in the saloon.
One by one, people got up and left, abandoning their whiskey, their gin and tonic, their pints of Guinness. Eventually i realised I had the whole place to myself. There were hundreds (or maybe only scores) of passengers, and I was the only one to be unaffected by seasickness. I mean, I was affected, but not the same way. I felt left out of a community experience.
Ironically, upon disembarking at Fishguard, I felt wretched because i'd finished off my sisters' drinks rather quickly. Pity to pay and waste. Didn't even get the chance to get properly drunk. Blurgh
