I was worried about how we would manage with illnesses on the boat. Would it be harder than in a house? There’s less space and the boat needs ‘managing’ more than a house. We have to make sure there is water and that the batteries aren’t too low. Would there be enough room to have somewhere for an ill person? Would we all get annoyed with each other?
We found out this week! All 3 of us have been under the weather. Mr Big Blue Boat has been the worse affected, I think. He has been unwell all week. He has a viral thing and has been in bed for a day or two and is still not right. Me and Younger Mr Blue Boat haven’t been as ill. We were both quite tired and struggled to do much. I felt like I had run a marathon- all achy and tired and I couldn’t do anything.
When I woke up today, I felt better! The aches have gone, I have energy and can think straight (well, as straight as I normally think). I’m back to blogging and can assess how we coped with illness while on board.
When I could see that Mr BBB was not well, I made sure we had water, which has kept us going fine. When we were all ill we watched easy films on the sofa and slept, just as we would have done in a house. Checking the batteries only involves flicking a switch, and if they were low we just had to put the engine on to charge them. So I think it isn’t much harder to be ill on a boat than in a house.
Unless it’s a tummy bug…hopefully we won’t experience one of those anytime soon!