The ever expanding universe

First blog post. Whoo Hoo.

So I have delayed creating a blog for a long time, but it is finally the right time to start this. For years I have said that someday I will loose the ex-wife and someday I will find the right girl. Someday I will move and become financially stable. Someday I will get a jeep .Someday I will buy a boat. Someday I will do xxx. Someday I will stop doing yyy. And someday I will do zzz ..... someday. Well Someday came and I am finally starting this blog.



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First, a purpose......I guess this is to be a kind of diary - log book - daily record of what I do and how it gets done. If you don't care, the I will save you a lot of time and suggest you go away.  If you choose to stay, be forewarned. My life is constantly moving in about a dozen different directions, I am being pulled apart at the seams and always busy. Therefore, I actually accomplish very little that anyone notices. That is really ok, because I love to be busy all the time. I don't like sitting around growing old.



S & I on a beach in Key West 3-9-2012
 

Me - I was born, grew up and zoomed through high school. I went to college, met the wrong girl, had a daughter, graduated, married the wrong girl, bought a house, had a son, moved a bit, was divorced by the wrong girl. Met the right girl, moved in with the right girl, married the right girl and here we are. Right now, we live in the Bay City area of Michigan.


Family - I have a daughter  who is a sophmore in college. We'll call her K. I have a son who is in middle school - J.  My wife (S) has two elementary school aged daughters T & M. I also have my parents who live up north in Harbor Springs and  my brother and his wife who live in Metro Detroit.


Home -  We live in a little lego sized house on a postage stamp sized lot. I am ok with it. We have too much stuff and would have more room if we got rid of half of the stuff.  S is not so convinced so we are looking for a slightly bigger home. If it makes her happy, then fine. I do have a few constraints, but nothing exotic.

Work - Degreed as a geologist, I work as an estimator for a communications construction company. Work is work and I go because I have to, not because I want to. I am always on the lookout for a new better opportunity. I would like to find a self-employement type job that allows me to get paid as hard as I work with no ceiling. I would really love to be independently wealthy, not have to worry about work, and spend more time not really accomplishing anything.

M/V Someday Came

Boat - The water is my first love and my mistress The wife knows it. I introduced the two of them on our honeymoon cruise. I finally bought a boat this spring. It is a little old and a little rough and I lover her. We have named her Someday Came. I grew up on boats. Row boats and peddle boats and pontoon boats. Little deck boats and larger vacation trawlers. Cabin cruisers and small yachts. I love boats and I love the water. This first boat is just a stepping stone, a two year boat. Then on to something bigger. She is a 1979 Chris Craft Catalina. I love the classic lines; she does not look like the "bleach bottles" they make today.



The Plan - One thing I do have is a firm solid plan. In september 2025, we are getting on a sailboat and spending at least 10 years sailing around the world (or at least all that is left by then). By 2025 the youngest kid - M will be 18, hopefully graduated and on her way to college with good scolerships and grants. That way S will be free to come with me. If not, I will make sure that she can catch up as soon as she can. The kids and anyone else are welcome to visit, but this is a trip for two.

I don't know if this will involve selling the house and getting rid of everything or just storing it all. I don't care at this point, its a ways away. I would love to buy a 60' slow trawler and power my way around, but I don't have that kind of coin and don't anticipate I will by then. So a sailboat it is. Lots of people cruise the world on 40' sailboats (some on 30's and even 20's - I'm crazy, I am not stupid (my mom had me tested)). It is a plan at least. How many other people Have a plan for the next 25 years?

Enough for now.