Sailing and Stuff

Fortunately, I didn't lose a post I really liked from last night. Fortunately, blogger kept it as a draft. So I had the luxury to go back and post it--so read the post below this one, I finally got it in there ;)

Tonight was a sailing night. There was no race committee, so we didn't really have a race. We went out and sailed around with Trouble and Black Widow, but that's about all we did. We set up an ad hoc race with the 3 of us, but we were seriously overpowered and Mike finally called it quits. Afterwards, we went to Bay Point Marina and ate dinner. Greg had Wahoo with greek salsa, Lauren had a crabcake sandwhich, and I had a BLT. I wasn't very hungry tonight, but I decided what the heck. State Delegate Leo _______ (I'm terrible with names), the Captain of the Black Widow, was there. It was his birthday today, so they made a cake for him. Our waitress brought us all a piece of his cake over. I had a little more respect for the man after that--although I still want someone to tie a crab pot to his rudder =) The SWO motto: If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying! I would never do that, but I CAN wish it. Other than that, not much else happened. I got home and went to give Buddha and Isis kitty treats, knocked the bowl off of the shelf and spilled about 40 kitty treats on the floor. I was going to pick them up, but Greg said just let them have them. I figured, what the heck, they've been home alone all day, so I let them have them. Doesn't do much for Buddha's 17lbs, but it makes him happy, and it makes me happy to make him happy.

I don't plan on doing much else donight other than going to bed soon. Greg is watching the Red Sox game, giving me play by play and strategies--as though I'm interested in hearing them.

We finally came to the decision that I'm not going to live on the sailboat in Rhode Island. Greg is worried that it won't by ready in time, and we are both worried about the cost of paying a mortgage and rent, plus utilities at both places. So, I'm going to get an apartment. The sailboat slip was going to be app. $1350 a month and electricity would've killed me for keeping it warm. An apartment is only going to cost me between $600-800 a month, heat included. It's a cost savings thing. Plus, I'm probably going to take Buddha and Isis up with me after Christmas. It'll give me a chance to get settled in so they won't have to go through too much trauma. I'm looking for apartments, and I'm starting to look at Salve Regina University for some International Relations Classes for me to take to finish out my M.A. at the War College. I'll try to use my G.I. Bill and Tuition Assistance to pay for them. This way, I'll get everything out of the way and have my degree complete. So, when I finish Department Head School, I'll have my JPME Phase I and my Master's degree complete. That will open the door for me to either find a Ph.D. program, or to work on another M.A. in English and then a Ph.D. I'd probably prefer that, but who knows.

I've babbled enough for tonight.