WELL, we did it. We cast off our lines and sailed off into the great blue yonder. Adventure is our watchword! The wind shall be our only companion!
Part of the above is true. We did cast off our lines. After that it gets a little more . . . poetic. A slightly more prosaic description would be: we cast off our lines and steamed approximately 100 yards downstream and dropped our anchor, raised the ball and cracked open a beer. We had to call Stephanie to find out what the anchor chain marks meant, but we have it all figured out now and we are sitting very happily on about ten fathoms of rode in maybe two fathoms of water.
The cats are a bit confused, but fortunately haven’t tried the jump to land yet. HB is making fried plantain for supper.
This calls for some British seafaring whatnot.
For he himself has said it
And it’s greatly to his credit
That he is an Englishman
That he is an Englishman
isn’t that lovely ….
Am still a mother hen. I wish you both the best, but am very worried. About the two of you & the kitties. I wish all of you the best. Please keep all of us updated. I feel like a mother hen letting her chicks go. So love both of you & not seeing you both from time to time is going to break my heart.this sounds bad, but have taken comfort in your delays. Gave us more time with both of you. I wish you both the best, but it will break my heart to let you guys go. Maybe when you are anchored in the Bahamas, we can. Come visit. I wish all of you the best & am going to sorely miss both of you. Heather, canyou have been one of my true friends since I moved to DC. You have always been honest with me since the first time we met @ your place in Tennnytown. I do not normally open up to peaple the way I have with you, and I will miss that. Phip, so enjoy talking to you. You have the same droll sence of humor that I do. So hard to find. Will miss both of you tons. Can only hope we can meet up again.
Love you, too, Marcie! Come and visit anytime! We’ll be around the Bay for several weeks more, too!
It just hasn’t been the same around the neighborhood without you so we’ve decided…hell with DC, we’re outa here. Not really, but we did sell the house and will be leaving in a few weeks to be closer to the 1.5 grandkids in Richmond. Markus just got accepted to UVa so I guess we’ll all be Southerners. We look forward to following your adventures and wish you all the best. Cheers!
Congrats on your big move, and huge congrats to Marcus on getting into UVa! Very impressive! Do stay in touch.