Posted by harry b. on January 2, 2003, at 14:01:30
In reply to Beatles, posted by Phil on January 1, 2003, at 17:59:06
Whoa, Phil. I was just listening to some Beatles yesterday.
BTW I do have a cat. A black & white stray I rescued almost 13 yrs ago. Difficult to believe I've managed to care for her for 13 yrs!
I visited PSB (Doc Bob sure has made big changes to this site/board since I was here last), thanks to everyone there who posted to me, nice to hear from you, & I wish you well.
I'm doing a ~bit~ better. My doc called the following day. Can't get an appt until next week.
I decided a change of scene might help, so I invaded the home of an old friend. Been here since New Year's Eve. It's reassuring to be here. We don't keep in touch, but I can come here & just do as I please. Don't feel like a guest & they don't feel the need to entertain me or change their routines. I just did the dishes & put a load of laundry in the dryer. I ~may~ even make some dinner tonight for us. Odd, I have a really tough time doing those things just for myself.
Another thing that helped is a very special email I received from a person I had been trying to get closer to.
I believe I'll hang out here for another day or 2 & then head back to my boat.
Last winter- are you ready for this?- I sailed from Baltimore to Saint Augustine. Just me & my cat. I had planned to go farther but I was exhausted by the time I got to St Augie so I lived there for several months at anchor. I found that I enjoyed living at anchor. The sun & warm
weather were very good for me too.It was not an easy passage. It took me about 4 times longer than it took other cruisers to make the passages south and then north again. I would be hit by the depression and would have to stop, anchor somewhere and just sleep. There were
several times when I had to spend a
week anchored in the swamps of the Carolinas, and elsewhere, exhausted and giving in,
sleeping, crying, wondering what the
h*ll I was doing. And there was always doubt that
I'd be able to continue on.
But I could not become too irresponsible, I had to keep my boat afloat & deal with storms and dragging anchors and all the other normal perils of cruising. When I went outside (offshore) I got into trouble in a storm that was not forecast to be so bad. It took everything I had to make it through that one. I did suffer several thousand $$ of damage to the boat but I made it.During the time I was gone my P-doc did telephone sessions with me. If not for that I could not have gone.
I'm hoping to be in good enough shape to try it again next winter. But I've got to get mind, body, & boat up to par first. That's a big order & I may not be able to get there if I continue feeling like I do now.
I hope that this story helps a bit. It IS possible
to do the seemingly undoable. Maybe not as well as you'd like, and there are trapdoors awaiting, but I made it- barely:)Well, gotta go. Thanks again to everyone who posted to me & here's hoping we all have a New Year that is kind & gentle to us.
harry b.
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