Just kidding.
Sort of.
I actually didn't expect for us to get on the boat at all this past weekend.
The forecast was again, pretty shitty. Although this time, not only did it say overcast and clouds, but it also said "rain likely and possible thunderstorms" well fuck. That's a big NO GO in my book.
So I was disappointed but whatever. I didn't want to get hung up on it.
The girls and I are in a video shoot (more on that later) and we needed to go out and get some new items for their wardrobe (I was a little irked that they weren't planning on dressing us, the last video we did we were provided the outfits AND we could keep them! I know, I know, bougie and spoiled. What can I say?)
ANYWAY.
I could've used either weekend day to do this shopping. We hadn't gone clothes shopping in FOREVER.
It was a nice day out, we didn't have plans, Steve was working, so we decided to go Saturday.
Us girls ended up having a very lovely day, actually. I love when that happens out of the blue. Very little bickering/fighting, easy shopping, laughter, etc. It was so nice.
I picked out a few things for them, then I let them pick out a couple of things each.
Really cute outfits for Fall.
Anyway, while we were at Old Navy, I got a text from Trista and she asked if we were planning on going on the boat at all this weekend...I was like...maybe but what about the weather?
She said that they were going to get their boat in the water that evening and tie it up at our friend's house, who lives in Sodus Point. (Where we were for blow off day).
They were planning on boating Sunday. Even with the forecast. Apparently, the radar didn't seem so bad.
Ok, then! I just perked the fuck up and got super excited.
Still a tiny bit hesitant because of what my weather app showed.
Anyway.
Steve is working on this Polaris RZR. I know, lots of side stories in this blog. Bear with me.
He had to fix it before we left Sunday morning.
I wanted to leave the house by 10am. It's about an hour's drive north, and the morning weather seemed better than the afternoon. I didn't want to rush him though...since our boating excursion was last-minute. He didn't appear like he wanted to go...he wasn't in the best mood.
But honestly, I didn't care. LOL.
I wanted to get out on the water so badly.
And...Steve doesn't have the...um...urgency gene. Like, AT ALL.
Regardless, he finished up about 10am and we hit the road by 10:30. It was then that Rich called me. I was like FUCK. Being myself and overly dramatic, I immediately think "the weather turned and we haven't even left our town yet and we already can't go." UGH.
But no, he just asked if we had driven through the monsoon yet. I told him we had just hit the road and he said that was likely for the better because the weather was moving through and it was nasty.
We drove on up anyway and the weather really wasn't bad at all on the way up. I think we were just behind it because most of the way up it was sunny. You can tell a bad storm just ripped through, but the clouds moved and it was actually a nice drive up.
We arrived at the marina and the sun was shining.
We launched our boat without issues thankyouverymuch.
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| There was a sailboat race going on! Very cool watching all these sailboats go by. |
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| My people (plus one of our friend's kids, so 5 boys on that boat with them!) |
Remember I mentioned that we were having some engine/prop issues last time? We couldn't get up to speed easily, there was something wrong with the timing or something. I don't know.
We took that prop off before this trip and we swapped it for another one. The "fancy" one that came with the boat as an extra actually didn't fit...so last minute we had to put on another extra. It was the same as the one we had used, but newer?
Steve said he immediately felt a difference and the boat didn't lag AT ALL. We didn't experience ANY issues whatsoever this time.
As a passenger, I also felt that it felt more solid and less roaring and lagging. PHEW.
Steve said he was able to fully enjoy this outing because he wasn't thinking "oh shit" like he was last time (I didn't know he was feeling that way...poor guy).
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| I'm telling you, if you don't have one of these Lily Pads, you should get one. |
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| A little wakeboarding |
So the water over here was FREEZING. Like, suck the air out of your lungs freezing.
It was 61 degrees.
I put my feet in and when I took them out, they "stung" because it was fucking cold.
Trista and I and the kids did make it over to the little beach and it wasn't bad if we were directly in the sun and barely touching the water lol. But what's interesting, is that their oldest boy, Kenny also suffers from Cold Uticaria, which means he gets hives when exposed to cold. Whether it's cold air or cold water. JUST LIKE AVA.
Like, I've never heard of this fucking condition to begin with. Then my kid gets it and one of my best friend's kid ALSO get it? And no one else I know in my life has it, other than these two kids.
Because of all of that, we decided to head over to the sandbar, where the water temp would be about 20 degrees warmer.
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| Getting my tan on |
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| Snacks. All the snacks. |
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| #happy |
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| Headed to the sandbar |
Steve lost his hat on the way over.
Of course.
Then wanted to turn around and try to go find it.
We couldn't find it.
We got to the sandbar and anchored with our friends.
THE WATER FELT LIKE BATH WATER people. SO FUCKING WARM.
And it's the sandbar, so you can touch the bottom - it's only like waist-deep. I didn't get any pics from over there since I was in the water the whole time.
The kids played, swam, did handstands, etc. So much fun. All the kids got along so well. As usual.
I'd say we got to spend an hour or so there before the storm rolled in.
We made it back to the boat launch right as it started to downpour.
We got out boat loaded up and we headed home.
And we made it home by 4pm and I immediately got started on dinner for us.
Baked pork chops and mashed potatoes. Girls wanted spaghetti and meat sauce so I made them that.
It was an unexpected, awesome Sunday. We spent a solid 3 hours on the boat. Totally worth it.
And I know I already said it and I don't want to be greedy, but I want just one more day on the boat this season.
And I might just try wakeboarding next time, too.
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