October 26ish

A lot of surfing has been going on a work, which is great. There’s not many better ways to block out part of a workday than to take a surf break in fun waves. Over the weekend I had to sort through a large plastic bin of shoes that I’ve kept in the boat. The reason being, because I wanted to wear these black shoes I have, pulled them out of the bin and the toes were covered in mold - that’s boat living. Upon further inspection, there were a few more pairs that I wouldn’t want close to my skin even if I could clean them. So I trashed the moldy ones and cleaned the okay-looking ones, and let them dry outside.  

I met up with a group of friends for a couple hours on Saturday afternoon for a little bit of drinking-game playing. The dogs were there.

On Sunday Mia and I attempted one of the goals we set a long time ago - teaching her how to drive a stick-shift.  She did pretty well, better on a slight downhill start, but then shifting through the rest of the gears was easy-peasy for her.  We’ll practice more.  At one point after a few consecutive stall-outs, I (probably shouldn’t have) gave her the motivating scenario of this: “OK, I drove us to the beach and you’re watching me surf. A shark bit my leg! I can’t drive my own truck but we need to get to the hospital. Ok, Go!”