Hot Babe in the house

Sorry everyone – it’s been a while.  Lots of things happening, some things good, some things not so good. Tracy’s been on track since her last surgery in November, with one revision to clean up a persistent gap in a seam.     We’ve sort of been meandering along for the last several months, and a few days ago, she started not feeling so great.  It started out as a soreness in her right side a few days ago, and progressed downhill from there.   Well – after she spiked a 101 temp,  a trip to Exeter Hospital ensued and we're sure she's back on the path forward.    Fortunately, no inpatient spa trip this time, but instead a massive dual-dose cocktail of antibiotics to take for a few weeks.  She is pretty shaky this evening, but with a double initial dose of her meds and one of my custom greek yogurt orange blueberry mango smoothies she should be back in shape in a day or so.  For now, laying low is the prescribed course.

Add on top of that my pending departure.  No – not what you think (or hoped?!?).  Since things were going soooooo well a month or so ago, I took a couple up on an opportunity to help them deliver their a sailboat (a Cabo Rico 45) from south Florida.  I fly out next Thursday morning at 6:00 AM, and arrive in Vero Beach mid-morning.  We get the boat provisioned, fueled, watered, and then leave at the crack-o-dawn on Friday morning.    Our plan is to head out several hundred miles, catch the Gulf Stream and sail up just about 75 miles or so off of Cape Hatteras, then bear left up to Rhode Island.  All things being what they should be, we’ll be out to sea for about a week working a 4 hour on, 8 hour off watch schedule around the clock with the afternoon watch shortened by 2 hours. And – I'll be off the grid.  No cell, no internet, no email, no twitter, no facebook.  Wahoo.   So – keep an eye on Tracy for me.  She can’t be trusted.