Day 16 - Back to Life

My first full day back from vacation. Still feeling tired. Committed to the program, I forge ahead. Since we don’t have a bunch of food in the house, I scrounge around.

Later that day we get a call from my wife’s cousin. He asks us to go sailing for an hour or so with the kids. Having not done this before, I see it as an opportunity to introduce myself and the kids to something new. After it was over, I realize that it was worthy of an activity, it needed to be logged.

If you didn’t know this previously, the reason people ask you to go sailing with them isn’t because they like your company, it’s because it’s a bunch of work. It requires more than themselves to manage the process, and you’re it. They boss you around, ask you to pull on a bunch of rope, fold sails, make sure you keep it going in a certain direction, and duck when the boom swings over. There are parts of it that are relaxing, when everything is finally setup and you’re actually sailing. The rest of it is just plain old work. It’s like cooking for 20 people over an open campfire, not exactly easy to do or straightforward. It made me appreciate motors. Day 16, below deck:

Day 16

• 199!
• 5 cups of coffee
• 2 egg omelet with cheddar cheese
• 1000mg Vitamin C tablets
• 5 glasses of water
• 5 spoonfuls of macaroni n’ cheese
• 3 cherries
• 10 olives
• 4 beers
• 5 chips and artichoke dip
• 1 cheeseburger with fried onions
• 4 handfuls of sunflower seeds

• 20 sit ups
• 25 pushups
• 2 mile walk with Vern
• 2 hours of sailing