Son-day mornin’ t’inks

Glad as hell things worked out as well as they did with Lyssa: was much cheaper than driving 5 hours through a Hurricane to get a ‘new to me boat’ and find out I might not like it.   FAR CHEAPER and in a sense, I did get a new to me boat out of the deal, but one I am already comfortable with.  (just needs more cargo space,,,,   more on that later.)

Getting Elbee fattened up right now.  Little monster has become the Energizer Bunny Incarnate.   He zooms more than Zoomie zooms.  (probably just as much as Zooms did at this age, and how he earned that moniker.)   Zooms is being the quintessential BigBrother to Elbee.   Taking the abuse ‘up to a point’ then planting that big ol’ murder mitten right on Elbees head and holding him down, sayin’ “Had about enough of your shit little’un”

Usually kats don’t have very expressive faces: that ‘resting bitch face’ is permenantly in place.    But last night, Zooms was in my lap and Elbee was assaulting ‘tail’;  the look on Zooms face was, ‘Dad!, HELP!!!!’    I lost it,,,     Kats act so serious, all the time, but can be the most clownish of the four feets.

As much as I like and get along with dawgs, katz are my prefered pets because we are so much alike.   You can’t leave a dawg alone for days without causing distress, but you can leave a kat and they are good with that (so long as the foodie bowl doesn’t go empty,,,,)   Much the same as me: I can go days withotu seeing another face and I’m completely fine with that (and oft-times prefer that).  Guess thats why I am ‘alright’ with solo paddling.

Solo paddling,,,   kayaking is a solo sport by its very nature.   ( We call the tandem kayaks ‘Divorce boats’ because its takes a well established team to handle those long ass boats, and usually married types aren’t that flexible in ‘whos in charge’. )  Paddling in group? You’re still solo in your boat.  You may even be solo in a recovery incident if you are tail-end Charlie.   Add in ‘hard of hearing’ and solo is about the only comfortable way I can paddle; don’t have to worry about conversation (other than with Mama nature and IS, and I don’t need ears to hear them)

Since things went so well with gel-coating Lyssa, she’s my keeper for awhile.   Thought long and hard about ‘WHY’ I was wanting that longer boat, and the more I thought about it, the less attraction it held.   That I would like to carry more gear for camping is a given, but that ability would add a temptation of ‘running away’ doing some not so smart move and going on an expedition type cruise.   I still have my kids and Da still needs me about (more so as time goes by): I can’t be highing off and playing “ADVENTURER ” leaving others to pick up my  responsibilities.   That ain’t cool.   

So I keep the ‘shorter’ (by a whole 12″ ) boat.  They call them touring boats, good for a couple three days, but not for ‘weeks’.  And that is about all I need for the nonce.    I’ll keep mine eye’s open for that “Deal from beyond” on a P&H Cetus MV or LV, but I am not actively pursuing it. (though I am putting small amounts of cash aside on the regular ‘just in case’) 

One thought on things outside of my little world.   No matter what happens in the next couple of weeks, MONTHS, in a year, the issues we are stressed over today are going to seem meaningless.    Change is never permanent, but CHANGE is.   In another year, I may not have the responsiblities ‘for whatever reason’ and that escape pod may be my only source of sanity.    No one knows.   We can’t predict the future, we can only guesstimate it, and plan accordingly.    Could I make Lyssa work in that situation?   No,,no where near enough cargo space and not able to add more: but Blue Jean could,,,   and thats good enough.   Will that situation become a reality,,, that depends on which direction things fall over the next few months leading into Jan’25.    Some really like the idea of maintaining the DEEP STATE; ie, using Que-mala to keep on the path we are on.   Other (self) like the idea of wiping that slate clean, and, seemingly, the best option there AT THIS POINT, Is Trumped and Crew (RFKjr, Musk, Etc etc),,, Why do we want them in?   Because the other option is bloody, painful and risky as all get out…   Not saying its off the table, but conservatives know the other path is spiritual suicide.  We flip that switch inside us, we don’t come back, we are forever changed, and not neccesarily for the better.   Many may become the BEAST; like the one I have locked in the darker corners of my mind.  Once unleashed this time, very likely becomes the norm, wearing my face.   You won’t like that ‘me’.

I don’t like that “me”,,,, 

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