The Captain & The Hubby

“Step-thunk, step-thunk, step-thunk.”

Like Long John Silvers, I could've walked with a crutch, going up the stairs, but they wouldn't have helped much!

Repeat.  Repeat.  Repeat. Thirteen times repeat!

“Step-thunk, step-thunk, step-thunk.”

To go up and down the stairs to our master bedroom wearing a rehabilitation black boot you have to repeat that action and it's accompanying sounds thirteen times!  

"Arrrgh, 13 steps -- superstitious it be!"

The durn thing, that boot, is wieldy, heavy, black, and hot.  John, darling hubby, laughs when he hears me coming.  There’s no sneaking and there’s no guessing as to my whereabouts. The poop deck, the crow's nest, port or prow, "he knew where I were" "be it galley or bow."

After stepping into a hole dug by our dog, and twisting my ankle and breaking bones, I’d been dealing with pain and inconvenience for a year and 6 months.  

I used to be “captain of my ship”, you know, housewife guiding the home while the bacon bringer is away.    But sometimes the tumultuous waters of life made me wonder how much of a “captain” was I really.

So, the bacon bringer is home with a backache, lying in my bed he was.  It must be a very bad backache because he dearly loves his job and it would take a lot for him to let someone else drive his school bus and care for “his kids.” He’s so conscientious that he prays for their safety twice a day.  Today, he’s underfoot, my black foot, causing distress to my already distressed schedule.

All my plans got strewn like papers blown by Captain Flint’s winged breeze; scattered about on a pirate's desk rolling in the seas!

And I'm cogitating a new meaning to "step-thunk, step-thunk, step-thunk".

"Arrrrgh, it be punny!"

And now some pirated Pirate jokes:

Why did Captain Hook cross the road?  To get to the second-hand shop!

What do you call a stupid pirate?  The pill-age idiot!

When's the best time to buy a pirate ship?  When it's on sail!

Why did the Pirate walk the plank?  Because he didn't have a pet dog!

What is Pirate Jack's least favorite vegetable?  Leeks!

"Arrrrgh, they be punny!"