Christmas day. Sunshine and less wind. We took a long golf-cart ride with my mom driving, touring along Ocean Drive and out to the end of Brigantine Bay. A very pleasant day. We had spaghetti for Christmas dinner (mom didn't want to go to the awesome Spinnaker buffet), and I somehow managed to fatally over-salt the sauce. It's a mystery, but I will blame it on my mom - she stresses me out. Had to add another pound of ground beef and an extra can of low-sodium tomatoes to make it edible. We laughed a lot.
At some time on this fateful day, one of us asked the other: Are we really going to do this?
And the reply was: Yes, I think we are. And then we both decided: Yes. We are going to buy a boat and cruise around the world. And we will name the boat More Joy Everywhere, of course. And because of a modest inheritance from dad, for which we feel fortunate and undeserving, we can start planning and learning now, aiming towards a departure in summer of 2013 (when Ean finishes his M.Div. and I will be done with my sixteen-year Ph.D. program). Un bee LEEV abl.
