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I guess I have to admit it, I am a failure at cruising. With my son, I

I don't think you are a failure at cruising. You just haven't found
the type of cruising that you will succeed at yet.

did manage to get from Carabelle in N. FL to Sarasota in three seperate
trips in which I left the boat in marinas for a month between trips.
Every time I was on the boat for a day or so, my mind would begin to
race with things I want to try at work I invent weird x-ray optics for
a living) so I was unable to relax to enjoy the cruise.

Why not consider that letting your mind go like that IS enjoying the
cruise instead of worrying about whether you were enjoying it in the
way that you think you ought to be enjoying it.

At work, I really enjoy myself most of the time as I have all the cool
toys every science geek wanted when he was a kid. However, whenever I
have to do days of managerial things, I dream of cruising. I could
hire a manager but I worry that any real manager would be horrified at
the bizarre ideas on which we spend money and time so I am left to do
it myself.

My real worry is that someday, I will regret that I did not take time
to go cruising. Then I worry that if I did take a lot of time to
cruise that I would regret spending that time on the boat instead of
inventing interesting stuff (ok, interesting to me at least).
Its hell when you have to choose between things you really like to do
(sarcasm). However, when i listen to my neighbor who hates his job and
feels trapped, I think "There but for the grace of God...."

grandma Rosalie