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Anyone wanna buy a boat?
Annapolis has been a productive time for us. Thanks to Olivia (see thier blogs on this site, quite a trip...) we caught the sickness of organizing each locker. Knee deep in canned goods, spare parts, epoxies, resins, blocks, bungs, and such nautical goodies we looked at each other aghast. The good news is every space from the V storage to the galley (3/4 of the insides) and both lazarettes have been cleaned, reorganized, and catalogued. Now for the bad news...everything that didn't fit nicely found a temporary home in the quarter berth...it looks like a hurricane hit that poor little space. The good news is that we have repainted about half the cockpit and it looks beautiful and brand new. The bad news is that the other half now looks terrible. The good news is that I mixed up some epoxy & structural filler and repaired every crack and crevice in every nook and cranny (ok, I found one cranny I missed but I am sure I will have to mix another batch and said cranny will be no longer...) The bad news is that, well, I think I have run out of bad news. Progress is being made regardless and it makes us feel very good to see the fruits of our labor and the bright, shiny new paint.
We had an early celebration for Brian's birthday (8/11) A month or so ago when we were checking out Annapolis we saw one of our favorite bands, Gin Blossoms, were playing. We assumed (a bad thing to do) that where they were playing would not be accessible so we forgot about it... Lo and behold, we were walking town and saw the Ram's Head and the poster for GIN BLOSSOMS! 2 shows sold out and they added a matinee show Sunday at 12:30pm. An afternoon show?? Perfect for us who go down with the sun. What a grand treat! At most there was room for 125 people...a very intimate venue. Our table was 6 people away from the stage, sound/acoustics were amazing/immaculate. They put on a phenomenal show. Very lively, very crisp, and a ton of fun! After the show, I talked to lead guitar Jesse Valenzuela and he signed his setlist and gave it to me. It even has the date and city on the top, a nice souvenir.
From the song Someday Soon by the Gin Blossoms:
Say you better pack
Better get your things together
Don't know where to go
Until you wind up there
Better grab a coat
You can never tell the weather
Let's hope were gone forever
Someday soon
Gonna sail the big blue ocean
Gonna cause a big commotion
And Bloody Sunday all you can drink Bloody Mary's for $10 didn't hurt either. |
