gata has her head on the keyboard and has already erased one message i was writing. i think she knows i am going, 'cuz she is everywhere i am the past couple days.

worked for 3 hours on the boat today, helpful to see what it looks like. there are 2 toilets and lots of places to sleep. my aunt sue says the little stove in there dries things out pretty well if they get wet. we may hug the shore if the is no wind out there, no fun to motor says mark. met the xavier fellow, he seems nice. 42 feet is a lot of boat. should be good.

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