And It Is Not Even Winter Yet ! ! ! ! ! !

SHIP'S LOG:

In that ABISHAG is almost 70 miles distant and I have not heard anything to the contrary, I am presuming all is well with her. I contacted the Insurance company and they had not gotten an estimate from Captain's Cove Seaport as of yet, so they were going to contact them. It seems to be a cases of everybody involved waiting for everybody else, or somebody else, to blink first and make the first move. I am not sure what everyone is waiting for but I am not worrying about it as there is nothing I can do about it . . . except enjoy the snow, "spend" lots of imaginary Marine Units, plumb the depths of the mysteries of electricity and make plans for projects for the Spring.

Along with Christmas Cards, I am getting besieged with offers from various financial institutions to "lend me money." Actually, the basically want to refi my mortgage. They say I am pre approved but they will drop that as soon as they find that my condo 1.) is not a full-time residence( and so is considered an "investment Property); and/or 2.) that one entity owns more than 10% of the condos in the complex; and/or 3.) the condo hasn't been off the market for their criteria of days. No one likes a tease! At lease I am able to block the offers that come by email.

MASTER'S PERSONAL LOG:

Well, this certainly the scenario I had in mind at this time last year. Out of dangerous curiosity, i check the weather down the ICW. Virginia - l0w 60's; North Carolina - mid to upper 60's; South Carolina - upper 60's . . . I stop there as I didn't want to perform any more self-torture. Truth be told though, I am pretty peaceful about it all, as there is really nothing I can do about it except accept it and go with the flow. I spent as hour watching it snow yesterday and as "a living in the moment" moment it was rather fine. Now if I can only get a chance to experience a "Green Flash" before Christmas 2009, that would also be very fine.