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June 11, 2018

SHIPWRECKED!! – PART 2

Okay, so we were STUCK in the middle of Lake Foster, on a pedal boat that wasn’t pedaling!!! (If you missed how we got there, you can catch up here—LINK—or just trust me that it was ALL my dad’s fault!!)

My dad finally figured that the pedals were not working because something had gotten stuck in the boat’s propeller that was located in the water.

“I just need to be able to reach deeper into the water,” my dad grunted as he slid his entire upper body over the back edge of the boat. The boat suddenly tipped and wobbled and I lunged to catch Brianna as she lost her balance.

But, just as I grabbed Brianna, there was a huge SPLASH!!!

We both whirled around and couldn’t believe our eyes…

OUR DAD HAD FALLEN INTO THE LAKE!!

“OH NO!! Daddy’s in the water! We need to save him!” Brianna screamed.

Dad came spluttering over to the edge of the boat. “I’m okay, I’m okay!”

Brianna chilled out like half a degree. “Get back in the boat now, Daddy! PLEASE!”

“Listen girls, I’m going to swim to shore,” he explained. “You two are going to stay here and just relax. Once I get back to shore, the boat rental guy and I will come out in another boat to pick you up. Okay? ”

I’m not gonna lie, I was skeptical. My dad can’t REALLY swim. He basically just dog paddles. But, Brianna was already shouting, “Go, Daddy, go! You’re going to rescue us! You’re our HERO!”

So off he went! Even though it was a LONG way to swim…er, I mean, dog paddle. 

I peered toward the shore, where I could see my mom. But, her head was STILL buried in her book. The chance of her actually seeing any of us was very slim.

I held onto Brianna’s arm while she cheered. The LAST thing we needed was another Maxwell toppling into the lake!!

After a while, Brianna got tired of cheering and slumped down into her seat. I was afraid she was going to start complaining non-stop about being tired and bored. But, she suddenly squealed excitedly and jumped to her feet, wobbling the boat like crazy.

“We need to be RESCUED! So, let’s send a message in a BOTTLE!” she shouted.

The only bottle in the tiny boat was my dad’s expensive reusable water bottle. But, since he had NOT gotten very far and was already slowing down, I shrugged and muttered, “Okay. I think we’re going to need all of the help we can get.”

Brianna had a candy wrapper and a crayon in her pocket, so she wrote SOS on the candy wrapper, shoved it in the bottle, and then HURLED it into the lake.
Where it BONKED my dad on his HEAD!!

KLUNK!!

I am NOT even kidding!!!

“OWWW!” he yelped in pain and flailed around for a few seconds until he spotted his water bottle bobbing on the surface a few feet away.

“GIRLS! Do you realize this thing cost me twenty-eight bucks?” he sputtered angrily as he dove after it. “And, WHY would I want a drink of WATER?! I’m out here practically DROWNING in it!”

This whole time, my mom had STILL not looked up from her book ONCE!!! And, no matter how much we yelled and shouted, she could NOT hear us. Those noise-cancelling headphones can drown out Brianna when she’s sitting right next to her!!

I could already see my dad wasn’t going to make it anywhere near the shore. Thankfully he made it to a buoy that marked the outer edges of where people were allowed to swim in Lake Foster. He grabbed onto the buoy and held on for dear life, gasping.

“Nikki,” Brianna said somberly as she watched dad cling to that buoy. “I don’t think Daddy is going to be able to rescue us. Do you?”

I wanted to lie to her. But as clueless as she can be, when it’s important she can almost ALWAYS spot the lie.

“No,” I said. “But, don’t worry, we’ll figure something out! We’re going to be okay. And so is Dad.”

I expected her to fall apart. But I didn’t give that little pipsqueak enough credit!!!

“You know what? Dad is going to be fine…” she explained, “…because WE’RE going to RESCUE him!!!”

JUST GREAT☹! The last time Brianna had tried to help out, she’d almost given dad a concussion by klunking him on the head with a water bottle. We were lucky he was still out there clinging onto that buoy.

Brianna looked around to see what supplies we had in the boat. She was probably imagining rigging up a sail like Moana did. But, that was SO not happening. The seats were made of plastic and there was nothing in the boat but us.

“Daddy said something was stuck in the propeller thingy, right?” she asked.

I didn’t even think she was listening, she was singing so loud at the time.

“Um, yeah…” I shrugged.

“Well, WHERE’S the propeller-thingy?!” she asked.

Soon I was dangling off the back end of the boat while Brianna held onto my feet. I waved my hands around wildly, hoping to hit the propeller thingy!!!

(Which, I would like to note, I would never have done if the boat had an engine!!! Though if the boat had an ENGINE, we wouldn’t be STUCK!!!)

I was about to give up when I felt it!! And right away I felt a crunched up plastic water bottle in the propeller.

“I found it!” I yelled.

“YAY!” Brianna shouted and clapped her hands happily.

Which also meant that she let go of my FEET!

SPLASH!!

My entire body went toppling into the water!!!

“NIKKI! Are you okay?!” my dad yelled from his buoy.

“I’m good!” I sputtered as I held on to the back of the boat.

“SORRY!!” Brianna giggled and then shrugged like it wasn’t her fault.

Being in the water actually helped me pry the plastic water bottle out of the propeller thingy. Then I scrambled back into the boat.

Brianna and I gave each other a high-five because her brilliant idea worked.

THEN we worked together to pedal the boat over to the buoy to rescue dad.

With Dad back in the boat, we headed toward the shore.

As we stumbled out the boat, my mom looked up and removed her earphones.

Dad and I were both drenched from falling in the lake and Brianna was holding up the crunched plastic water bottle in super heroic triumph.

“Mommy! Guess what? We rescued Daddy!” she shouted.

My mom just smiled. “That’s nice, sweetheart. I hope you all didn’t get too BORED pedaling around the lake. My book is REALLY exciting!”
And then she went back to READING!!!!!

OMG!!!

Anyway, I was very proud of how we’d all worked together to fix the boat and get back to the shore.

But, I am NEVER getting on another pedal boat AGAIN!!!!

EVER 🙁 !!

Have you ever tried to do something that turned into a complete and utter DISASTER?!
I’d LOVE to hear all about your experiences, especially the FUNNY, WACKY ones!
Please post your comments below.

Category: My Diary Tags: vacationnikki

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  1. Dork BFF says

    June 24, 2018 at 5:44 pm

    OMG Girl your mom didnt see nothing

  2. UnicornStuff11 says

    June 24, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    Nikki, can u add like some more art games coz that would be cool! ☺ good thing Brianna noticed that bottle! Phew! Can u like also do this thing where we can create our own stories and share them? Thanks!☺☺☺☺☺☺

  3. Anonymous says

    June 24, 2018 at 4:54 am

    Once I saw a ship sink and Mackenzie was on it ,too bad for her #Titanic

  4. Dorkalicious Dreamer :) says

    June 23, 2018 at 4:53 pm

    I’m SO glad you didn’t drown, Nikki! Because then you won’t be able to blog on SUPERcreative and SUPERcool stuff in… um… HEAVEN!! And your mom really should have helped

  5. DorkyComputerFreak says

    June 22, 2018 at 4:45 pm

    OMG I AM SO MAD AT YOUR MOM RIGHT NOW!!!!! it reminds me of a movie i was watching once with my little sister and my cousins. so this gymnast’s mom drove carelessly and crashed. the girl was in a coma for 5 years and when she woke up the mom asked if she wanted some GUM!!!! seriously?! SHE SHOULD APOLOGIZE FIRST THAT IS THE BEST THING A MOM SHOULD DO TO A DAUGHTER WHO WAS IN A 5 YEAR COMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry i lost my temper at the mention of it. bai everyone!!!!!!!!!!! also one time i tried to do a scavenger hunt/competition and i was ahead at the beginning but i started getting behind. eventually i finished. AFTER everyone took the firecrackers!!!!!! all that was left was a lousy bracelet and some skinny tube i didnt reconize. and, to make matters worse, i was STUCK with the YOUNGEST kid there!!! when we were meant to build a LEGO house he destroyed it after cause he thought we had to destroy it after. causing us to rebuild it and get in the last place……. i actually cried for a little bit!!!! and bye now!!!!

  6. Donut Girl says

    June 22, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    OMG!!! THATS ALL I CAN SAY I LITERALLY THOUGHT U WOULD DROWN!!!

    xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

  7. Donut Girl says

    June 21, 2018 at 10:56 pm

    OK, once I was on vacation and I saw a dolphin in the water and I was IN the water BUT there was a fin circling ( I think it was a shark) the dolphin and I got Very scared and I was a long way away from the shore… so I swam. as fast as I could I swim. and finally I reached the shore. and then I saw a pod of dolphin in the water leaping toward the surrounded dolphin and the shark swam away.And that was how my wacky time on the beach ended.

  8. Puppy Love says

    June 21, 2018 at 6:09 pm

    lel, how your mom never looked up from her book and thought it was BORING

  9. ThreeDorkGirls says

    June 21, 2018 at 4:45 pm

    Me and my friends were reading “Shipwreck-Part 2”, and Dork Girl #3 literally fainted when she read that you high five Brianna! I’m not even kidding! It took us a while to wake her up, but the solution to waking her up is to pour a cup of water, cold water that is! But I have one that I’ve tried something new and it turned out a complete DISASTER! So here it is: I was in Hawiian Falls with my friends, and I was having the life with the waterslides, until Dork Girl #2 asked me to the pool. I say sure, but I the truth is I can’t swim without a life jacket! I’m just a beginner at swimming, but I don’t want anyone to know that. I love to swim, but I don’t no how ! So I tried to swim as hard as I can, but I can hardly stay afloat! Good thing my friends didn’t laugh, but people around me was looking at me like I was CrAzY! I felt like I was about to cry hot tears of embarrassment ! Good thing Dork Girl #3 gave me a life jacket and gave me a tip: I don’t have to wear the life jacket. All I have to do is let the life jacket float on the water, and let myself lay on it! “Don’t worry, you won’t sink,” Dork Girl #3 said. And thank Celestia it worked! For the rest of the day, with the floating life jacket floating on my belly, I was swimming like a expert! Thank Celestia for giving Dork Girl #3 that tip! Have any of you been a disaster that been solve at the end? If so, reply “I DID!!!”

  10. HypertronicBoomstick says

    June 21, 2018 at 8:39 am

    Wow, your mother is really ignorant. Good thing that you and Brianna knew what to do.

  11. okMaxwells(nothankstoyoumom!) says

    June 20, 2018 at 8:19 pm

    i can’t believe you’re okay Maxwells!(no thanks to you Maxwell mom!)

  12. SL_19 says

    June 20, 2018 at 4:02 pm

    Omg lol

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