Brett called! Such weird circumstances to follow...

I finally got to sleep earlier tonight at about 12am. The phone wakes me up and I barely answer it. It's Brett!! They must have made Florida! He asks me how I am doing and then slowly tells me that he is in Port Oconnor which is at the mouth of the channel here below Palacios. I am so tired and feel like I've been sleeping for hours and don't say anything. He asks me if I hear him. I go out side to sit on the steps in my jammies. "Huh?" I groggily try to pinpoint Port Oconnor from here. "I'm just try to figure out where Port Oconnor is" I sleeply say as I visualize the little town below Port Lavaca SOUTH WEST about 40 miles of us and no where near Florida.

He told me that those SE winds and N winds we just had actually blew them almost to Mexico! They couldn't beat up it- He said that Tom and Dana realized how long it would take and decided to head back here since their parents were waiting for them to get to Florida.

So TOm, Dana and Brett are in a motel room tonight?!.... In Port Oconnor. About 40 miles from here.... ummm. My brain is reeling right now. He said they are going to try and be back here tomorrow afternoon but they are having engine trouble so they may not be back tomorrow.

I don't even know what to think or how to think or what possibilities could be at play right now... This is about as unexpected as you can get. huh. There are always new dimensions of possibilities with sailing, I"ll tell you what!!

I will be so happy to have Brett home although many projects didn't get done that I wanted to work on after work. But I think he'll understand. And the camper will be nice and clean for him when he gets home. Tomorrow afternoon, I have a huge rally coming into the office and will be super busy.. I want to ask Linda to cover me tomorrow but don't have the heart to ask her...I guess we'll see what happens.

THis was an excellent experience for Brett with monohulls and the Gulf. I feel bad that they went backward but they gained a huge experience out of this. I hope Dana and Tom are not shyed away from sailing because of this setback. You know what? I don't know what to think. I have about a zillion thoughts in my head and its the middle of the night. I keep thinking I was dreaming.

I need to go back to bed... But that is the scoop, hot off the press! whew- Never a dull moment, I'll tell ya!