My personal clowncar,,,

Did the domestics thing today. And the weather cleared up,

and I didn’t go kayaking,,,,

Wait! WHAT? Dio didn’t get his boats wet???? WTFF?!?!?

Oh, believe me, I wanted to go,,, and every time I ‘saddled up’, the drive to go fell through the basement.

Why? because I really wanted to take BlueJean out, and BlueJean is in drydock. I have Lizzy and the ARC on Buffalo, because they are the ones that are in most immediate need of getting wet. Lizz for the upcoming race, ARC because I have a class next week and need to re-acclimate to her ‘quarks’.

AND NEITHER HAPPENED because the feely side of the brain that actually drives this meat-puppet wanted to play in BJ,,,

Lack of discipline? a touch. but there is that side of me that insists “Kayaking MUST be fun or there is zero point.” and to force myself in one boat over another takes some of,,,, apologies, A LOT of the fun out of it. With BlueJean, I can paddle in anything and be comfortable: If she had been on Buffalo yesterday, I’d have braved the wind and waves with a shit-eating grin plastered across my face. I haven’t hit that comfort level in Lizzy yet, and the ARC,,, That boat is meant for moving water, not lakes, and would bob like a cork and follow the wind like a blown leaf, no matter what I wanted her to do.

Long story short, late in the day, I pulled Lizzy off Buffalo and was going to hang her in drydock. BUT, feely brain suddenly had an epiphany or somesuch and said, ‘let me sit in her for a minute’. The way Liz hugs me, ‘fit’ feely brain or something and LIzz went BACK onto the racks of Buffalo and after I strapped her down said “And if I have to skip work, you are going to get wet this week!”

Now, part of why BJ is my choice boat over Lizzy is those daggum dinky ass hatches that Valley puts on their boats. The damned things are 8″d at the outer point, less internal diameter. I can’t put shit in that boat for ‘expeditions’, and some of the toys won’t fit anywhere within the boat; not even behind the seat of the cockpit due to the seat shape. The biggest culprit that won’t fit is also one of the most important: the sleeping bag.

No such problems with BJ.

I know I have bitched about this on at least one other occasion. Love the Lizzy,,, Think she would be even better with some load in her holds. Just not enough seat time to be as comfortable as I am in BJ. Now, to be fair, BJ was the ONLY boat I have ever paddled that the very first time I sat in her, I was right at home. I knew when I was ‘test driving her’ that I was going to be taking that boat home, come hell or high water, even if I had to mug the dude selling her. And the deal we worked out was a touch steeper than I would have liked, but,,,, ( The Jefe and one sprayskirt I hadn’t wanted to part ways with, but it clinched the deal. I was prepared to lose a paddle if need be,,, I wanted BJ that badly.)

BUT, feely brain liked the way the cockpit hugged me, (like it didn’t already know,,, but feely brain has a really short memory of things which aren’t ‘solid’,,,) now I just have to keep that ‘feel’ in mind when I head to the water so feely brain, the driver, doesn’t start to waffle and bullshit and make mega-excuses about things it would rather be doing. And when I get on the water, I need to keep a tight rein on Feely so that side doesn’t get squeamish about the ‘twitchy’ nature of a Nordkapp. (Time on the erg is helping a shit-ton with this, and I am having an easier time of holding the reins against feely-brain.)

Side note,,, I was planning on taking the ARC on the river here local, but it pissed down cats and dogs friday night and the river is completely awash: no rapids, just lots of pushy water filled with whatever flotsam it picked up getting here. And high enough on the banks, there is nowhere to put in, let alone take out. (more the takeout, since seal launches are easy from anywhere.) That wasn’t feely brain making that call, that was thinking brain and self-protection,,,

Yeah, its been that kind of day: the kinda day where if you were to watch me from a distance, you would swear I have multiple personalities. (and maybe I do,,,, But WE aren’t talking,,,, LOL)