Friday May 27 - I got nuthin'...

Gally Girl's log 5/27: We cast off without incident. We are underway without incident. Seas are calm. There are no significant incidents to report. Remainder of crew is well fed and happy. Captain Don has joined the boys in good-natured teasing of the cook. No news is good news. Minor electrical glitches and tiny gremlins managed. What can you expect from a boat wired with speaker wire?

My Diva is a happy girl. She's back out at sea with someone to coax her back to the sea-goddess she was meant to be. She's being useful and she has a purpose, which makes any of the Masons (My Diva now included), and I'm sure lots of other folks, satisfied - to be needed, to be doing a job and to be doing it well. That's what it's all about.

I've learned a few things. Her name is My Diva and not The Diva, at least for a little longer. Her name means something to her commodore and I wished I had known that when I set up the blog. I told Brian her name should be "Allitneedsis" (All it needs is...). That was my Dad's favorite saying about anything worth saving, which was most things.

Something else I've learned is a new appreciation for a house that rolls. Showering and shaving take on a completely different aspect. And it's one thing to open the fridge door and have a can of soda come jumping at you. The same physics that apply to that problem can be applied to a muffin tin in a hot oven. Don't worry, after the fridge incident this morning, I had that in mind when I opened the oven door. None of the muffins hit the deck which made Bruce very happy.

So, if you don't hear from me on the blog for a few days, that's okay. It means all is well. You can keep checking in on the Dining with the Diva and "Are we there yet?" pages. I think the Glympse only keep the most recent 4 hours of info available so you won't see our whole trip but pretty good sections of it.