change of address

This blog was always my blog. I tried to keep it focused on our plans, our progress and our happenings but it's always been my voice. My perspective. My grammar crimes. This next phase in our lives, we want a blog with both of our voices. Rather than continue the good fight here, we are going to mothball Leaving Normal and create a brand new spot for y'all to keep track of us.

We have a new domain and lofty plans for our home on the intarwebs. In the meantime, please change your bookmarks, RSS feeds, and post-it notes to our new blog address:

http://blog.svhelloworld.com

martian attack averted

We have a broad network of spies throughout the city of Seattle. Partially to stave off martian attack but mostly to capture pictures of our boat as it approaches its new home. One such spy - Alison (not her real name) - grabbed this bit of evidence whilst pretending to have lunch at a vegetarian restaurant in Fremont about 2 miles from where we'll launch her back in the water:

monday monday

Got a call from the trucker yesterday as he was passing through Baker, Oregon. He would like to know where to drop off this fine vessel Monday morning. Now, there's all sorts of events that could happen in the next 24 hours to prevent that from happening up to and including:

• flat tire


• navigational error


• banana peels on the highway


• martians

Barring any of those possibilities, the boat should be here Monday morning.

Oh, and.

I hope you all haven't gotten too comfortable here at imleavingnormal.blogspot.com. There will be a change of address soon...

good news!

After a cavalcade of fuck-ups and delays, things are finally going smooth and our boat will be here sooner than expected!

Hahaha. Nooooo. Not really.

The driver got pulled over in Arizona for blah blah blah whatever I don't care. Boat won't be here until Monday.

I'll be patiently holding my breath until then.

more delays

Apparently the knuckleheads that wrapped the mast (I wrapped the mast) did a crappy job of it and the truck driver that's down there picking it up has to re-wrap it. He's going to do his best to undo those clowns' (mine) wrap job and bundle it up with whatever he has available. He'll take off tomorrow morning.

[sigh]

You just can't find good help these days.