Day 331, Year 9: Beautiful September Weather
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Weather: Sunny with Blue Skies, Daytime Temp 70 degrees F
Location: Quissett Harbor, Falmouth, Massachusetts
We have had incredibly beautiful weather in September. In fact, we have had great weather all summer. But these sunny September days with the temp hovering around 70 degrees F and cool nights in the 50’s have just been delightful. Unfortunately we spent most of the day inside the boat today–me cleaning out more cabinets and Mark working on his computer–but we ventured out into the cockpit to enjoy the sunshine from time to time. In the afternoon we took a break and went into town to do some shopping—boat necessities at West Marine, boat cards at Staples, odds and ends at Walmart. We then came home and Mark connected the new heading sensor to the compass. He hasn’t tested it out yet, but if it works, the job is done. We went to Heather and Jed’s for dinner with the boys while Heather and Jed went to ‘Meet the Teacher’ night at East Falmouth Elementary School. They had a 6 pm meeting with Jonah’s kindergarten teacher and a 6:30 pm meeting with Sam’s second grade teacher. Both boys seem to be settling into school with no difficulties which is always good news. And both Mark and I are blown away by Sam’s reading. He struggled all of last year and resisted reading aloud to us this summer. But all of a sudden, he is reading everything. Both last night and tonight, he read to us and to Ollie. Such a delight!
I heard from Jo this morning telling me more details about Ziggy’s first day, and it sounds like he is going to love school even though he is fighting it a bit initially. He so desperately wants to make friends that I think the fact that he can do this at school will outweigh any misgivings he might have about leaving mommy and daddy to go to school.
Before I can line any more cabinets with Reflectix, a thin foil-backed bubble wrap insulation, I have to drive off Cape to buy more. We checked the hardware stores and Walmart in Falmouth with no luck, and even the Home Depot in Hyannis doesn’t have it. So first thing in the morning I’ll drive north to Wareham (about 30 minutes north of here) to buy the insulation so I can continue my work. Mark is going to split his day between consulting work and odds and ends boat work. On goes the fun.
