Swine flu? What a buzz kill.

First of all, I think this has got to be the best hat ever :) Secondly, SERIOUSLY? SWINE FLU? I have a feeling all this hysteria about the swine flu is being blown out of proportion. I don't think it is going to be the crazy pandemic that the media, CDC, and WHO are making it out to be. We'll see... but hopefully I am right! In the meantime the swine flu ruined my trip to mexico!! BOOOOO for the swine flu! I was not afraid to go to mexico, but i guess that my employers probably would not be very happy if I got stuck and quarantined in mexico... although that doesn't sound too bad to me right about now ;) I guess now instead we will go to tahoe for a few days... shack up in a casino hotel, pop a few bills in the penny slots and enjoy the view. There will be wine tasting in napa and boardwalk walking in santa cruz. That will be fun too... hopefully I will survive waiting a little longer for the sunshine.

random thoughts

The sun is coming. It should make for some great sailing this sunday! Unlike last week when it was pouring down rain and my britches were totally soaked. Brrrrrr!! On the drive home I took off my wet pants and drove home in underwear and wrapped in a blanket. Ha ha Hopefully there is a little bit of wind to accompany the sun. This will be a nice little warm up for my upcoming long weekend in mexico! I can add another country to the list! I haven't tallied in a while... zimbabwe, australia, england, netherlands, france, belgium, germany, italy, vatican city, greece, austria, costa rica, honduras, canada, puerto rico, st. martin, antigua, st. kitts, barbados, st. lucia, dominica and the upcoming mexico. 22. Soooo many to go.
Something that I have been thinking about a lot is from a book I am reading called the geography of happiness (obviously I love to travel). It is a rather obvious statement.... but only after someone else puts it in to words for you. Happiness and trust are inseparable. Hmmmm.... very interesting. Very true. It does seem that it would be difficult to be happy if you don't trust your friends, employer, significant other, or any other person in your life. Discuss amongst yourselves ;)

Ahhh.... Portland

What a day!! The nicest day of the year by far and I have the photos and the mild forehead sunburn to prove it. The day started out with some strolling around the waterfront. I definitely wasn't the only one with that idea. There were a ton of happy people walking and riding in the 70 degree weather and sunshine. Now this is what I'm talking about.
I don't know who those people are :)




And then the first sailing class in the late afternoon!! So many new words for me to learn.... hopefully I will pass the quiz next week. We got out on the Columbia and the wind died. I made a reference to Tommy Boy and I don't think that my instructor got it.... uh.... was there a niner in there? At least there weren't any little kids on the dock yelling at us that we were fat... but then I would've gotten to say, "You better pray to the god of skinny punks that this wind doesn’t pick up, cause I’ll come over there, and jam an oar up your ass!!"