Saturday, August 25, 2007

Year 3, Day 174: Vineyard, Day One

Got up at 6:30am after a fitful night. I knew we had to bail out of our house by 8:30am to make it to the ferry and I was afraid that the Saturday AM Bourne Bridge would give us the fidgets. Luckily, it was not a problem and we arrived at 9:55, earlier than expected but not early enough to get the earlier ferry, which as luck would have it, was the nice 'big ferry.' The seas were rough and the waves high, so I was not hopeful about a smooth trip when I saw OUR 11:00am ferry, something out of the movie "Used Cars" but only tug-boat sized. We got on excitedly, but Emily turned green rather quickly and had to repair to the car (on the ferry)

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean!
Heritage Flakes
Strawberries
Blueberries
Banana
Unsweetened Soy Milk
Coffee

Pre-ferry Snack
4 pieces of beef jerky

Post arrival, pre lunch
Cashews, Almonds

Lunch:
Romaine, Cabbage, Red Cabbage, Feta, Balsamic, Tuna

Fruit & Nut Crunch

Dinner
Hamburger
2 Ears of Corn
More Lettuce with Balsamic
A Few Asparagus
1 square of 65% Dark chocolate
glass of wine

Emily got us this house, which was amazingly on the same road as the house her sister her family stay at. It was a very large house, whose space is laid out somewhat poorly, but it HAD A POOL. Now the truth is, you could really rent a house anywhere with a pool, and that would be a great vacation for kids. But being on MV made it good for the adults too, since it was quiet and peaceful and allowed us to get away from the weeks of construction that we had already endured, and that we were likely to endure upon our return to Needham. We had hundreds of dollars of groceries that I made a mental note to force my family to eat so we would not have to drag them back off the island. We went on a bike trip today which I counted as a victory for my calorie count.

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