So much to do, so little time !!
07 July 2009 | Halifax, Nova Scotia
Alex
Somehow there's barely 15 days left before we leave on our sail-about to the Bras d'Or Lakes, Cape Breton, and I'm desperately trying to create a few lists of things to do, things we need, things Illihee needs, so a list here and a list there.. and yanno, stuff just keeps cropping up that doesn't belong anywhere on the above-mentioned lists.
Like the Regatta for the Cure, happening this Saturday July 11th. First of its kind in Atlantic Canada and it's boasting international fame!! Can't wait to see what the tide brings in to SYC, but in any case, the parade of sails should be quite fun in the morning (I'm hearing of all sorts of dress-up schemes) and then the race (my first race ever!!) will start at 13:00. We've decided to enter Illihee II into the race and are both nodding our heads un-huh that it will be just for fun. Is there a prize for DFL ?? I think there should be.
I hereby started another list that will precede the aforementioned sail-about list - a few pink t-shirts and a few pink-ish decorations and some refreshments and change of clothes for the party afterwards and on and on and on we go...
Dave and I walked/jogged (interval training at its best!!) the waterfront today on our new mission to get back in shape and we stumbled on Liana's Ransom, pictured here, her yellow stripe replaced by a nice new pink stripe, all in support of the Regatta, and that picture made the local newspaper's front page. There's even talk (or might it be wishful thinking?) that Paul McCartney might appear (he's here for a concert he's giving that night) so let's hope that a surprise appearance might just happen... stay tuned !!
It's kinda hard to be jogging by during the prescribed lunch-hour, watching other sailboats enjoying their day on the water, while we're watching our watches and counting down not only the lunch-hour and time to get back to work... but counting down the days, hours and minutes until we are on vacation until we can do this full-time even if for a couple of weeks.
Or the BIG count-down until we can do this full time....watches be damned and blackberries thrown overboard. Halleluja !!
Back to my lists...