Little league coaching (which starts in February since I am the league registrar) ended a week and half ago along with the end of the school year. Our Major League Cubs had a great, solid season, with the best record in the majors, but we came up a bit short by getting knocked out in the playoffs. Its a bummer we didn't go all the way, but it sure frees up the calendar.
I've also just flown back home from Bermuda - after having sailed out there in the '08 Newport to Bermuda Race over the past week. Prepping for this 635 mile ocean race was a major time soak since I was the Navigator - but more on this in a subsequent blog.
And finally, we dispatched out thirteen-year-old, Jacob who will be spending the entire summer in Greece with his grandparents. It marks the first time our family of five won't be together for such a long period of time and its hard on the parents. We dropped him off at JFK along with yiayia and papou on Saturday night. I woke up Sunday morning to find the Air France flight had been delayed two hours leaving NY, forcing a missed connection in Paris and resulting in an arduous thirty-plus hour odyssey to the Athens via Rome. I'll let Jacob post the particulars of this journey. I had a somewhat sleepless night last night waiting for him to check in upon their arrival. That call came at about 8 this morning - and they're only as far as Athens.
So, now its on to the business of summer -- working in the yard, sailing around cape ann, going to see Jeffie at Woodman's and enjoying the beach. Then we pack up and follow Jacob over to Greece for the last couple of weeks in August.
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