Hello, hello, internet people! How are you? Today I'm going to tell you about my experience on Sunday. For those who don't know, I've been working as a babysitter for a few months now, and although I don't have children of my own, I've gained a lot of experience with this job. I also worked as a babysitter when I was abroad a few years ago. It's a job I enjoy and that has given me several opportunities in addition to learning. These opportunities include experiences like what happened on Sunday. We were all excited because we were going to the beach, but I was a little nervous and apprehensive because my friend, the mother of the baby I'm taking care of, had told me that it wasn't just a trip to the beach, but that we would be exploring the keys off the coast on a yacht. And this is where things got tricky for me 馃檨...
隆Hola, hola, gente de internet! 驴C贸mo est谩n? Hoy vengo a contarles mi experiencia vida el d铆a domingo, y es que para los que no lo sepan, desde hace algunos meses me desempe帽贸 como ni帽era, y aunque no tengo hijos propios la verdad es he ganado bastante experiencia con este empleo y tambi茅n porque anteriormente trabaj茅 como ni帽era cuando estuve fuera de mi pa铆s hace algunos a帽os, es un trabajo que disfruto y que me ha brindado varias oportunidades adem谩s del aprendizaje, estas oportunidades incluyen algunas experiencias como por ejemplo lo que sucedi贸 el domingo, todos est谩bamos contentos porque ir铆amos a la playa, pero yo si estaba un tanto nerviosa y a la expectativa porque mi amiga, qui茅n la mam谩 del beb茅 al que estoy cuidando, me hab铆a dicho que no solo era un viaje a la playa, sino que recorrer铆amos los cayos de la costa a bordo de un yate, y es aqu铆 donde el asunto en cuesti贸n se pone peliagudo para mi 馃檨...
But let me give you some context. The thing is, I'm thalassophobic, and I don't know how many other phobias I have related to evil, but I really don't like the ocean floor, and one of my worst fears is being shipwrecked or stranded at sea. Even though this wasn't going to be the case, since the small islands in Falc贸n State (Venezuela) are very close to each other and there's a lot of maritime traffic, that doesn't lessen my phobia. I've never liked boarding yachts, ships, or boats鈥攏one of that. Even so, I mentally prepared myself for the adventure, haha, as the saying goes, "He who fears death should not be born."
Pero les dar茅 contexto, el caso es que soy Talasofobica y pues no s茅 cuantas fobias m谩s yo tengo acerca del mal, pero n me gusta el fondo del mar y uno de mis m谩s terribles miedos es naufragar o quedar varados en el mar, y aunque este no iba a ser el caso ya que las peque帽as islas que est谩n en el estado Falc贸n (Venezuela) est谩n muy cerca unas de otras y hay mucho tr谩fico mar铆timo por all铆, eso no aminora mi fobia, nunca me ha gustado abordar yates, ni barcos, ni lanchas, nada de eso. Aun as铆 me prepar茅 mentalmente para la aventura, jeje, como dice el refr谩n "Qui茅n tenga miedo de morir que no nazca"
I always enjoy traveling; on the way we were listening to music and admiring the scenery. By the way, that thing you see there is the "El Palito" oil refinery, one of the most important in the country.
Yo siempre disfruto los viajes, en el camino 铆bamos oyendo m煤sica y admirando el paisaje, por cierto esa que ven ah铆 es la refiner铆a de petr贸leo "El Palito" una de las m谩s importantes del pa铆s
We finally arrived at our destination and I had to prepare for the inevitable, haha. We went to the yacht rental place to complete the transaction, and once we did, we headed to the dock. To top it all off, I also had to confront my megalophobia, in a way, because I don't like big boats either. On my way to the dock, I had to pass between two enormous speedboats, but I was already mentally preparing myself. Anyway, as you can see, the sky was gray and looked like it was going to rain, it was very windy, and the sea was choppy. 馃槙
Finalmente llegamos a nuestro destino y tuve que prepararme para lo inevitable jeje, nos acercamos al lugar donde se alquilan los yates para hacer la transacci贸n y una vez que lo hicimos nos dirigimos al muelle, para colmo tambi茅n me tuve que enfrentar de cierta manera a la megalofobia porque tampoco me gustan las embarcaciones grandes, y en mi camino al muelle tuve que pasar entre dos lanchas deportivas enormes, pero yo ya estaba mentaliz谩ndome. El caso es como pueden observar el el cielo estaba gris y auguraba lluvia, hab铆a mucho viento y el mar estaba picado 馃槙
Yes, there I was with a resigned face while my friends (who are my bosses) encouraged me saying that nothing would happen, that everything would be fine, so I sighed deeply and entrusted myself to God.
S铆, all铆 voy yo con cara de resignaci贸n mientras mis amigos (que son mis jefes) me animaban diciendo que no pasar铆a nada, que todo estar铆a bien, as铆 que yo suspir茅 profundo y me encomend茅 a Dios.
Okay, I embarked on the adventure, literally 馃槃 I know that for any of you this is a normal experience, and it might even seem ridiculous that I got so anxious about something as simple as boarding a boat. However, that's how phobias are: irrational, illogical. They might have an explanation in some childhood trauma; they're out there, hidden somewhere in the brain, but I can assure you they generate a huge feeling of discomfort. In my case, every time I board a boat (which I've had to do several times), whether it's a yacht, a catamaran, or a small boat like a dinghy or launch, I always get a feeling of emptiness in my stomach, my hands sweat and tremble, and I prefer to stay very still. At that specific moment, I started texting my sister on WhatsApp, and she was giving me instructions about breathing and things like that.
Ok, me embarqu茅 en la aventura, literalmente 馃槃 Yo s茅 que para cualquiera de ustedes es una experiencia normal y hasta les puede parecer rid铆culo que yo me haya llenado de tanta ansiedad por algo tan simple como abordar una embarcaci贸n, sin embargo as铆 son las fob铆as, irracionales, il贸gicas, tienen explicaci贸n quiz谩 en alg煤n trauma de la ni帽ez, est谩n por all谩, escondidas en alguna parte del cerebro pero les puedo asegurar que generan una sensaci贸n de incomodidad muy grande. En mi caso cada vez que abordo una embarcaci贸n (lo cu谩l he tenido que hacer varias veces) sin importar si es un yate, un catamar谩n o una embarcaci贸n peque帽a como un bote o lancha, siempre me da una sensaci贸n de vac铆o en el est贸mago, mis manos sudan y tiemblan y prefiero quedarme muy quieta. En ese momento espec铆fico me dediqu茅 a hablar a trav茅s de mensaje por Whatsaap con mi hermana, quien me daba instrucciones sobre respiraci贸n y esas cosas.
Once we arrived at our destination, everything was fine for me; the sun even started to shine a little stronger, which cheered up the bathers. As for me, I was going to work; you know, I had a baby to take care of, hehe.
Una vez que llegamos a destino todo estuvo bien para mi, incluso el sol empez贸 a salir con un poquito m谩s de fuerza, lo cu谩l anim贸 a los ba帽istas, yo por mi parte ir铆a a trabajar, ya saben ten铆a un beb茅 que cuidar, jeje
Well, while they were having fun out there in the water, my baby (the one I take care of) and I stayed in the cabin to be more comfortable. Here I'm going to show you part of it; this is the living room.
Bueno mientras ellos se divert铆an all谩 afuera en el agua, mi beb茅 (el que cuido) y yo nos quedamos en el camarote para estar m谩s c贸modos, por aqu铆 les voy a mostrar parte de 茅l, esta es la sala.
And this is the bedroom. The bed is quite comfortable, and when we were tired of playing and all that, Juli谩n and I settled down to rest. You can see him there, very comfortably on top of me. By the way, something I almost forgot to mention is that even when at rest, the yacht tends to move a lot with the swaying of the waves, and although it doesn't cause me too much anxiety since we're right on the beach, it is unsettling, even for the baby, who, despite being safely there on my chest, would occasionally cling tightly to my neck when he felt the rocking.
Y este es el dormitorio, la cama es bastante c贸moda y cuando ya est谩bamos cansados de jugar y todo eso, Juli谩n y yo nos dispusimos a descansar, ah铆 lo pueden ver muy c贸modamente sobre m铆, 隆Por cierto! Algo que casi se me olvida mencionar es que a煤n estando en reposo el yate se suele mover mucho con el vaiv茅n de las holas, y aunque no me causa tanta ansiedad ya que estamos en plena playa, si me resulta inquietante, incluso tambi茅n al beb茅, que a pesar de estar all铆 seguro sobre mi pecho, de vez en cuando se aferraba con fuerza a mi cuello, al sentir el vaiv茅n.
And well, people, that's all for today's post, I hope you liked it. Thank you very much as always for supporting my work, I welcome new readers, I love you all very much, I send you a hug and I'll see you in another post.
Y bueno, gente, esto ha sido todo por el post de hoy, espero que les haya gustado. Muchas gracias como siempre por apoyar mi trabajo, le doy la bienvenida a los nuevos lectores, les quiero mucho a todos, les env铆o un abrazo y ya nos encontraremos en otro post
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