The day after we left Nishinasuno they got 10 inches of the white stuff. I didn't have to shovel that but I had the presence of mind to apologize to my in-laws for not being there to help.

We have realized that these days are actually our first quiet days of marriage. We got married in Nishinasuno and stayed with her parents. Then we came home and a few days later Amy arrived. While she was here Wakana's condition deteriorated. Then after Amy headed home we were out of here for Japan. Now we feel like we are really starting our married life together. It's pretty cool!

Lately I've been leafing through my boat books. I reopened Chapelle's Small Sailing Craft today. Looking at the lines drawings still gets my heart to flutter. I guess it's better than looking at magazine women but pursuit of boat ownership would be more costly and just as heartbreaking as pursuit of magazine women. And none of those women could hold a candle to Wakana anyway.