Monday, July 16, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Checking in
Correspondence has dropped off over the weeks of my new role with Sailing Florida. I regret that. I enjoy reflective pre-dawn hours with good coffee and a cat sitting near while I try to give words to the experience of this life. But over these past weeks I’ve been consumed by the challenge of my new role as charter operations manager.
It’s one of the ironies of life. The more full your life, the less time there is to reflect and appreciate.
As expected, with July’s heat and afternoon thunder storms, charter activity has diminished. It’s the onset of hurricane season. We won’t see significant demand for charters return until fall. I can take time off with little thought of activity on the dock. I can take time to write.
I can say that over all I’m enjoying the new challenge at work. I believe I’m making an impact. I’m seeing an improvement in several aspects of our operations. But I know the real test will not come until the winter, when we are back up to full demand. I need to utilize spare time this season to prepare for the next.
Here’s another irony of life. In the short list of adjustments I’d make to better balance life, one is that I’d get more time to go on cruises with Cathy We want to explore the Pine Island Sound. Spend more time on Sanibel, Captiva, Cayo Costo and so on. The other adjustment would be that I’d get more opportunity to ride my R6 race bike and take it to tracks I haven’t yet been to, such as Barbur, VIR, and NOLA. But, while I’ll now have more time away from work, this is not the season for those activities. It’s too hot. And too stormy. If you live in Florida, hurricane season is a good time to leave the state and go on vacation to a cooler part of the world. Last year we spent a couple weeks of August in the Pacific North West. This year we’ll spend most of the month of September in Europe. Perhaps this fall, before it gets very busy again at work, I’ll be able to arrange time away for that cruise of Pine Island Sound and a few good track days too.
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