Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Women and Pineapples

IT'S HURRICANE SEASON - THE FISHING IS GREAT!

Saturday's plan to start the learning-to-sail process (see last post*) was waylaid by thunderstorms - my timing in the middle of summer rains and hurricane season clearly isn't the best. I worked at the marina and fished after work in the rain.

Caught a cute little sheeps head and a nasty ocean catfish

As for the sadness  - I have had a few extreme moments lately for sure - over B and other moments about life in general (money, messes, not being able to run or play hockey, missing family). I'm trying to always look at all I DO have and follow the pineapple way of thinking.

And with B -  "Hey, now you know how much you care about him," my friend Kim said Saturday night when I ran into her as I walked to the grocery store (forced myself out of bed because I promised Dougie and Kaylee I would make guacamole at the marina the next day).

Very true - I hadn't realized just how much. Another bright note - aren't I lucky to have B in my life to miss when we're apart. And he comes home Friday - yay!

 Other happy, lucky, blessed moments recently:

Dinner catch up with lovely Erin

Selfies with my nephew Max

With Grandaddy KenKen
at my nephew Josh's wedding in Kentucky

Seester time!

B's birthday dinner at Nobu

Reminder from sister Heather and her most awesome lovely daughter Ana

Jess and Chris's Finley turned 4

Finley's grandma Madame G was the star entertainment

New addition to Minke the Mini Cooper makes me smile

All this beauty and love around me. Embracing it and trying to be a pineapple.

*Last post: http://islandgirlsinkorsail.blogspot.com/2016/08/oh-messes-youll-make.html

Funk and Random Ramblings

Ramblin' On

Random Thought No. 1
I cannot tie knots to save my life - and one day I may have to - or at least to save my boat.
I can tie a line from a boat onto a cleat and vise versa but standing in my bedroom trying to make a simple bowline - forget it. arrrrrgh so frustrating! But I'll get it. It takes practice.

Random Thought No. 2
My physical therapist cleared me to run a 5K next week - it will be ugly and slow but it's a suds run so there will be craft beer after - yay. I ran 3 miles today - 2 in a row without a walk in between and then another mile after physical therapy.

Not So Random Thoughts
I'm in a funk today - found out some truths about my last relationship that were tough to swallow. Let's just say the songs I have been playing all day have the lyrics "I hate you so much right now" and "Since you've been gone, I can breath again. I'm so movin' on."

This is probably very healthy.

To help me out of the funk I got busy - what's that in "Shawshank Redemption" - "Get busy living or get busy dying." 

I want to be busy living. 

1. First I chatted online with sisters Heather and Summer - funny, smart, thoughtful women who are encouraging and loving and just, well awesome.

2. The run and PT

3. I changed my air conditioner filter. Ok, it was 3 months late, but I finally did it. I was busy having my heart broken and dealing with life. My pulmonologist wouldn't be happy - don't tell him.

Tool purchased just for this job

Have to take this cover off

Doing it

Gross old filter

Pretty new filter

4. I visited friends at the marina where I work on weekends, taking them some pictures from the weekend to hang on the walls.

5. I went to my friends' Chris and Jess's 4-year-old daughter's flag football game.  Too funny and adorable!

6. Jess and I sneaked away and went to beach yoga. BEACH YOGA - nothing better. 

7. I stopped at Joey's Pizza for the best calamari ever made - spicy, buttery, delicious. I got it to go and returned to the marina for no. 8.

8. I went fishing on a perfect night filled with stars and a soft breeze.

Here fishy fishy

Funk be gone, I say!