Making plans for the boat. I am planning on doing two nights of Xmas Ship Parade watching with close friends. I am thinking of projects. I have a few friends who are offering to help with the boat in return for sailing on it with me. I would like to take a few people out for overnight trips. It goes on and on. Looking foreword just to the living on it part.

Boat thoughts.

I put the money down on the boat last Wednesday night. I am super excited. It feels right to buy Cathleen back and own it. Even if I sell it I have done the right thing.

Transition

I lay here thinking about the changes that are coming in my life. I am moving out of Paul's boat to move into a hotel for a month and when I get back to Portland I will be moving onto my little boat. The significance of the changes it weighing on my brain. My possessions will be shrunk down to a tiny boat size and I will have to work to maintain the boat so it can be sailed. The guys at work all think I will fail to do this. They all think I will never take it sailing because living an it will get in the way. My goal is to prove them wrong. My goal is to go sailing when ever I like. I want to take my friends out. I want to share sailing with them.
I am constantly thinking of things I can get rid of. I have lots of things I should get rid of but don't want to. So far I have found a home for my bed and my mixer. Now I just need to find other things to get rid of. Each item needs to be looked at and deliberated over. The answer needs to be get rid of it more often then not. I think that things like baseball cards will be hard. They are worth money in theory but in practice they don't bring the price you want for them. My books I want to keep but shouldn't keep them all. I have spent a lot of time collecting them. Some of them I should just get rid of but some I would sooner part with limbs. This is going to be an interesting time.