I may have heat rash and be host to about 8 parasites.... but at least I'm not an office drone

Ok, I'll start by saying that I don't check this much, and I'm sorry for being such a slacker, but in general I just try to avoid computers so I can't help it. Although I must say that once a month when I do look at this it's SO nice to read about what everyone is up to. It sounds like life is far from dull for all of you, and what more can you ask for?

And Kaitlin, popular? geesh, good luck with that. I'm sure with some more time you will find the people who you truely jive with and care about. Don't be afraid to branch out, you never know who else is out there untill you look.

Well, I just finished my first week or so on the Harvey Gamage. I'll admit, I was nervous at first, more afraid to dissapoint the captain or not like the new crew than anything else. Turns out, the crew is a bunch of rock stars, two old friends from last summer, a guy I sailed with on Niagara back in the day, and some new faces that I hit it off with right away. The quirks of sailing her came back to me as if I'd never left and we enjoyed a beautiful sail from New London CT to Booth Bay Maine with 22 boys on board between the ages of 8 and 72. Yea... one strange trip, but an important one because OCF is going to move their office to Booth Bay this year and the Gamage is to become the flagship of OCF and Booth Bay. So we were greeted by thwards of bigwigs, several mimosas in, spent hours on deck giving tours, and were then rewarded with tons of pizza and beer. Not a bad deal.

Tomorrow offically starts my contract as educator. We don't actually leave Booth Bay until Sept 15th-ish so I get a couple weeks to work on my lesson plans (Amanda I feel your pain, it's so much work!). For now I'm chillin in Gloucester MA for the 2007 Schooner races on Spirit of Massachusettes and to just enjoy the festivities that come with it. Yea... OCF is a big fan of throwing kegs for its crew, I can't complain. Tonight's has an island theme... geez its like I'm right back in college again.

So the fall trip starts in a couple weeks. The schedule is completely tentative due to weather and of course current political conditions, but past port stops have included:
-Mystic, CT or New London
-Somewhere in Chesapeake Bay, and possible NYC or Baltimore
-Charlston, SC
-Miami, FL
-The Bahamas!
-Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic (these two are the only definates as of now)
-Culebra
-Haiti
-Cuba
-Venezuala or Belize

Who knows! In November I'll let you know where I've been.

Bon Voyage!
-Kim