Mmmmm Otters!!!!!

Since leaving Mexico, the waters have been really rough. I had dinner, and did some coutry dancing, but it was tough swaying as much as we are.
I got ready for the leather party, and made an apperance then headed back to my room and just crashed. I was feeling sick, but did not throw up.

It is still as rough, and the ship is still swaying. Should make for very interesing country dance classes this morning.

And today there are a lot of ship activities that I would like to attend. I put on my motion sickness patch, so hopefully, things will go okay for the day.
Wheeeeee it's like a ride at Disney

Having a great time so far on a Caribbean Cruise. Of course, I have to stay in touch :-)

Here are a couple of photos..


Bear with otters


dendren and I today on the ship.


My Cabin Otter from Germany, Volker.

Formal night tonight. will post pics later this week.

I am all ready to go. Just need to sleep about 5 hours and then get up and head to SFO to get to FLL via HOU!

Arrive in FLL around 7:30pm today.. gonna call dendren and find out where he is.

Thursday, I hope to hit the gym and breakfast, then some shopping to get some much needed supplies for the ship. Will then pick up Volker at the airport and head out and about in Lauderdale.

A day of shopping in Lauderdale on Friday.. man I hate shopping... and then out Friday night, and then Saturday, return the rental car and climb on board the good ship GayderDam.

SOOO READY!!!!

Will post as I can with a few photos here and there.

See ya!

All I ever wanted..

My vacation officially starts now. I am off work from now until March 4th. YAY. I'm so ready for these 2 weeks.

 

Was a good Sunday....

I got up, showered, got dressed and headed to the Castro to drop off enhydrasf a Treo 650 phone that uses a Sim card so he could have a working phone while in Australia. It was really great to see him and give him a send off kiss and hug!! I'm sure he will be in good hands there.

I then headed to poohbearjim's Celebration of Life. It was amazing. One of the best I have ever been to. I cried, I laughed, I laughed some more. I thought... I want mine to be just like this. It was nice to see all the faces of Jim's friends and family. I was rather impressed with Jim's Dad who spoke about Jim's childhood. He was such an amazing speaker. I stopped him and chatted for a few minutes after the service.
It was really awesome that while it rained during the entire service, that the rain stopped very shortly after, and I was able to enjoy the beautiful view.

When I left to go to Sundance Saloon, (Thanks redbackfur) I was in a pretty good mood. Even though when I got there, I knew I was going to be doing some very tedious work on the dance floor (repairing it), I was feeling good.

The rest of the night was wonderful. Something just filled me with energy, and I was enjoying my night there more then I ever remember! I was putting so much energy into my dancing. Putting more style into line dancing. Smiling the whole time. Someone said to me when I saw him and whisked him onto the dance floor "WOW You are in rare form tonight"!

I don't know, I think the thing that stood out most about Jim's service was that we should live life, and enjoy, and I think that must have really stuck in my head last night as I was out dancing. Certainly not on the forefront of my mind, but somewhere in there, the memory of Jim and the joy of so many helped make January 27th, 2008 a very very wonderful day!

Days until my vacation from work officially starts. (IBR weekend)


Days until I leave for Ft. Lauderdale FL.


Days until I set sail on a fabulous RSVP cruise complete with 6 nights of country dancing, great friends, one hot German Otter, and fun fun fun!

Icky, short for Ichabod was my ex's kitty for about 18 years. He was the ultimate lap cat. Always loved attention, playful, and purr'd like crazy.

Richard (tecwizsfo) informed me that he had to put him down today. He had cancer and the Doc only gave him 2 weeks to live, and surgery and chemo would not have given him any better of a quality of life.

I am so glad I got to see him when I was in Austin. I knew it would be the last time I got to snuggle him.

Farewell you big fat bundle of fur. I will miss you!



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I called my Mom. I started chatting with her asking her about where we lived when I was growing up. Well, I know where we lived, but I don't remember what years.

So I got on the phone and I asked here what years we lived where, and we worked our right right up until I was 16 and moved in with my Dad.

So why not a meme. The where did you live meme.

I'm breaking down my childhood because I think some things are kind of interesting.

July 66 Born in a Hospital in Little Falls NY
66 - Oppenheim NY
66-68 - Philmont, NY
68-70 - Laconia NH - Dad left Mom with 4 kids and $50.00
70-72 - 36 North Division St, St. Johnsville, NY
72-74 - 38 N Division St, St. Johnsville, NY - It was here I started exploring and noticing other boys including the neighbor boy.
74-75 - We were poor and moved into the brand new low income projects in St. Johnsville, NY
75-78 - 84 West Main, St. Johnsville - We had a neighbor who used to try to lure us in his house for money to do dirty things with him.
78-81 - 36 - Back to 36 N. Division St. Hmm, the same neighbor boy was still next door. Actually used to feel way guilty because I was going to church on a regular basis.
81 - 82 - 38 N. Division. Moved into the apartment where the neighbor boy used to live.
82-85 - Oppenheim, NY - Had my first "real" gay experience with a high school friend.
85-86 - Lived with my girlfriend in Ft. Plain NY - UGH
86 - Herkimer NY
86-87 - Back with Dad
87-88 - Gloversville NY with Mom - Came out of the closet YAY!!!
88 Johnstown NY
89 Fultonville NY
89-93 Utica NY
93 - 97 Orlando FL
97 - 99 Austin TX
99 - 02 Dallas TX
02 - 03 South San Francisco
03 - Present - San Francisco

Of course, she had to ask why I was all of sudden asking about all this and had to tell her that I was trying to figure out how old I was when I started noticing guys!