The boat needs to be in Oswego Monday the 14th for an early departure though the 1st lock of the Oswego River on Tuesday morning. I don't know if I'll be ready. I don't know if the boat will be ready. I don't know a lot of things right now.
A fellow 424 owner who I met when he was in London on their 2nd or 3rd cruise and who is now preparing to leave for the Pacific, wrote me the other day. In his letter of encouragement he had these words to say,
"As for the trepidation and general anxiety of 'Oh my gawd, what have I done?!' and leaping off the end of the figurative pier into unknown depths, I've found that becomes less and less the case. I noticed in this last 'leap', we couldn't wait to get away, didn't worry about extended sea trials, and were comfortable doing some short offshore legs right away. So my response is you can expect the butterflies to begin dissipating, perhaps this even being apparent when prepping to depart St. Georges vs. how you felt when prepping to depart Norfolk.

The voices in my head are at a fever pitch as I look at the calendar and realize I only have about 2 weeks left before I leave. I need another month at least......