On and off for about 8 years I ran with a group at work. Many people came and went through the group but there were 3 people who were constant. Nancy, the dictator of the group, who forced (sometimes literally) everybody out on the trail every Tuesday and Thursday. X, Mr. I’m Ok with any decision, unless that decision is running to Alcosta! And Dave, well there are no words…..  🙂

Before I left they were giving me a hard time about keeping up with running. Nancy thought I should get a treadmill for the boat and Dave and X thought I should run circles around the boat each day! I know for a fact that they didn’t believe I would ever run again!

This is X’s commentary when I told him I would keep up running:

This is what I think what will happen:

June 1st, Sunny, two days on the boat, it is boring, I need to drink some beer.  

June 2nd, Sunny, I think I need more sleep.

June 3rd, Raining, Not sure what I am going to do, there is no TV on the boat. Beer sounds a good idea.

June 4th, Sunny, Virginia, here I come, time to go to Costco for Pizza and Beer.

June 5th, Raining, Nothing else to do, I think I will buy a satellite tv

June 6th, Amazon is amazing, I receive my Satellite today

June 7th,  I have Oprah on my TV, finally I can watch her in the afternoon, more beer.

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Dec, 10th, I will definitely add running in my new year resolution. 

Well, it’s taken two months to get here but today on June 23^rd I ran for the first time. And no….we don’t watch Oprah. 😛

And since nothing actually happened unless there is proof here is a picture of Stanley and I setting out for our run!

Stanley and I setting out on our run.

Over the past 5 years I’ve been addicted to sailing blogs and voyaging novels thinking when I get the chance to take off myself I will keep up a daily journal and blog for myself and interested folks; hasn’t happened.  Between boat chores & repairs, exploring new locations and researching future destinations I haven’t found the time yet.  Diana has filled in and has written about our latest adventures and hopefully I can get a routine to do the same, but I think learning the guitar might be a better use of time . . .?

So I’ve joined Twitter, never thought I’d think about tweeting, but it’ll give me a chance to update the Blog via Twitter from my phone on a more regular basis just much more succinct.  No time to say much more as we have a 4am departure to Cape May, NJ tomorrow. . . need to hit the bed.

Well, technically it’s been one month at dock, anchor, mooring ball and at sea. What’s important is that we’ve been living on the boat for a month now and Ryan and I are still talking! I’ll take that as success! We’ve all adjusted fairly well I think to being stuck in a small space. We take Stanley to shore at least twice a day and we get on and off and go walk around so we haven’t gotten too claustrophobic yet. This first month has been about settling in though and we haven’t quite found our groove yet. Ryan has been really busy with some boat chores that require his expertise (installing a water maker) and random boat issues that are a result of us breaking in the boat. I’ve been stealing an hour here and there to do some things but still haven’t gotten the 3 hours 4 times a week that I was looking for to focus on self improvement. I think now that we are settled in though we’ll start to get into more of a routine.

We have been having a great time exploring and getting a taste for the East Coast. We’ve been doing that history thing and just spending time walking through (or paddling our kayaks through) some of the neighborhoods here. I really like the East Coast so far, at least the parts we’ve seen. It’s a interesting view to visit places by water. We can only visit as far inland as we can walk or bike ride! All the towns on the water just seem prettier! 🙂 We’re in Annapolis now and really like it here. The town is great, the people are friendly and it doesn’t hurt that it finally warmed up!

All in all I’d say it’s been a pretty good first month. Here are a few of the highlights….

View of our boat at the Hampton docks.

Ryan inspecting our battery bank.

Taking Stanley for a walk.

Ryan and Stanley coming back from shore.

Ryana at anchor.

We just finished our first week on the boat! It was also our first time at anchor and the first time our dog went potty on the boat! Only parents can understand our excitement at the last one. 🙂 It’s been a great first week as we get things settled and start to turn this boat into a home. We also celebrated our second wedding anniversary. I can’t say this is where I thought we’d be at this point when we got married, but it just shows you how unpredictable life can be, and I’m so excited about what we have before us . . . Forget that! I’m excited about what we have started! We will probably be in Beaufort for another week, settling in and getting in a few more visits to our favorite spot, the Backstreet Pub. I’m looking forward to it all! Especially creating more seconds, thirds and so on….