Translation of "Desviarme" in English

Aquí voy a desviarme un momento de esta historia.

I'm going to take a little aside here for a moment with this story.

Me había rendido y regresaba a la costa. Algo me hizo desviarme hacia la izquierda.

I'd kind of given up and was going back to the shore. Something just made me veer slightly to the left.