Day 9

Well, you can tell by how late I am in my writing how much stopping smoking has affected my life!
Shan and I went to our favorite bar which we go to once a month or so, and sat there for an hour. Shan was a little worried how I would react to being around so much smoking, and the only affect it had, was I wanted to get a shower as soon as we got home.
This afternoon, Amber and Mark came over, as they normally do on Sunday's, and I kinda felt sorry for Mark, as he and I always sat on the lenai, smoking and drinking beer chatting about guy stuff. I stayed inside most of the time, but went out and sat down, and soon Shan and Amber came out also. We had an enjoyable visit, then watched the Daytona 500, which rained out with 48 laps to go :-(
We got a call from Dad's butt I think, as all we heard was him calling out to Bryan. So I called back, and asked for his butt, but it was busy going through the haunted house at Disney World.
It was great seeing Bryan and his family, and I don't feel sorry for being a little childish in picking on him the first night. It is a big brother's right to always pick on his younger siblings, but I did go a little too far I think, and I did apologize to him, UHM.... :-P Actually, as I said earlier in this blog, I picked my timing to quit smoking to coincide with his being down here, I just hope uncle "Buck", didn't say too much in front of the kids, as they are amazing to be around, just happy I don't have the bills for raising them! Maybe I'll nickname them Hertz and Enterprise, like the car rental companies. Nice to have for a day or two, but wouldn't want the payments!
Shan was so happy finally getting to meet Michelle.
Well, get to hopefully finish working on the boat tomorrow. I have a boat mechanic coming over to help me finalize getting "Anxiety Release" ready to go out.
Shan's Dad, Larry is arriving Wednesday, and is going to be here for a couple of weeks, before he has to have surgery on his shoulder. Unfortunatlely the timing is so short, that we are unable to take time off while he is here, but we will make the most of the time we have with him.
The last week of this month will find us with two Larry's here. My Dad's best friend will be down here for three weeks. I'd love to see his kids again, as we kind of grew up together. We spent a lot of vacations together. Boating in the Straights, going to California, all of the camping trips, and it developed a bond that will be in my mind forever. It was Larry who got us into boating, and it's been in my blood ever since.
I forgot to say one thing about boating from the other day. We were at Dad and Mom's, and Mom had a missed phone call from someong in Washington. When she googled the phone number, it came up someone who had posted a boat for sale up there. Sorry Dad, Busted! :-)
I'm looking forward to taking