Not free

a very relaxing and re-freshening day on the lake.   Didn’t do many miles; that wasn’t the goal.  PEACE OF MIND was the goal and I picked up some of that out there on the waters.

Did some shore work as well.  Dock the Lyssa and get out, sit a spell, look at the water, the sun, the wave play, listen to the winds whispering to the waters, CLEAR THE MIND, No thinks, just observe, let the Sub flow and observe the mess that is under the frontal lobes command.   Ask myself two questions when the thoughts bubbled to the surface: “is this relevant?” and “Is there a future benefit here?”   Funny how when you start to ask your own mind these things, how quickly it quiets up,,,,

DID take camp gear with.  DID NOT use it.  Didn’t even open the hatches until I came home (curious about water leaks)(had one leak in the back. not sure where. YET) 

All in all, much happier about ME right now.   I didn’t clinch up when I got into Lyssa; the first time in over a month I have had her on water.  My bodies reaction was ‘just anudder day at the office’.    Guess getting rough water time in last week set the gears in good and solid.   Different boat, same muscle memory.   Played with edging at the put-in before taking off and was getting water over the coaming line of the skirt and holding it steady.   Good enough.   No (real) waves today, but would have been just fine had there been.   (didn’t do Laurel Lake today.  Watching gas costs,,, BUT!!! All but one of the bills are paid for the month,,,)

So why the “Not Free” title?    Because I Feel obliged to be the home body, and impromptu camping is a no-no.   I know the kids won’t starve if I spend one night away, but, I know the guilt I would feel, and not just for the fur-babies,,,    Da would blow a fuse if I didn’t give fair warning on something like that.  That is not ‘impromptu’,,,,  

Still, I will keep Lyssa loaded (soon as I find that leak and seal it up) and one day, hit the water for a couple of days and with no warning.   Might even have to call into work from Camp,,,,  Come winter, that set up will shift too BlueJean and winter gear.

NOW, its time to go investigate leaky-leaky,,,,,