The last post before we leave

My bags (well one bag with clothes and the other half full of things like Ipods, books, sunblock, hat, gloves etc.. this is a race after all) are packed, my room is clean (shock horror!) and I think I'm ready. Im extremely nervous and excited at the same time, like the feeling you get the moment you're in the que for a really big rollercoaster. Sure as soon as we leave I'll be wishing I spent more time at gym, but I don't plan on slacking...
The one thing I'll really miss (aside from mother and brothers and other pets) is our new 12 week old puppy Ann Bonny (after the pirate). By the time we finish these races and get back from Auntie Jenny's wedding in Victoria (there is a 3 day break inbetween), a month will have passed, Bonny will be so much bigger!
Bring on "work hard, party hard",
Until next time :)

Go-Girl

Girls... Our envy of boys ability to stand up to pee is over... introducing the 'Go-Girl'!!! Its a handy little rubber funnel that allows us to stand up. No more yucky public toliets, or itchy grass, or cramped boat toilets. To top it all off it rolls up into a handy little container, about the size of two lipsticks. Finally I can get even with my brothers when sailing, no more peeing into a yucky bucket!

Almost there!!

The food is bought, the boat is polished and little repairs done, the gear and equipment is organised, the flights are book. We're almost ready to fly the harbour (in a boat-if the winds up!). Kai is flying in Saturday morning, I bought our 'stock' of treats today. Now we just need to put everything on the boat. Mum and my brothers are flying down to visit us for a couple of days while we're at Maggie Island, there's a Jimmy Buffet night on the last day that mum won't miss! So excited!!!

Getting organised...again!

New boat, new chapter in life. Decided Zoology wasn't for me, and the Around Australia Race hasn't been announced yet (it was meant to be announced June/July). So at a last minute decision changed my courses, now doing Nursing next year. Broke up with my boyfriend of 6/7 months, learning how to Kite Surf, in some serious training to get my sailing qualifications up (Marine Radio cert, eventually my Coxswains), and moving out of home. Time to turn my life around and back on track. I forgot what I wanted from life, want I REALLY want to do, what I love: sailing, being on the water. Think I might end up buying a boat and living in the marina...

Have some 'real' boat races coming up soon, it'll be really good practice to get use to 'Top Gun' (aka eDoc.net), can't wait