Bob.. can't you leave Friday night? Use radar and GPS.. have Suzanne plot
course and navigate. You'll make up distance to allow an easier schedule the
following day. Even if you only sail or motorsail [recommended] from let's
say 1800hrs to 2200 hrs at a steady 5 kts.... it will reduce the passage by
20 nautical miles. Drop hook.. grab some rest and be ready to weigh that
chrome anchor early next day.

CM



"CANDChelp" wrote in message
...
| Well, this weekend was supposed to be a trip from City Island to Coney
Island
| to dip a toe in the ocean, and the weather was perfect. Looks like he
didn't
| make it, but not to fear.
|
| This summer, Suzanne is working at a hospital, going to school and
voluntering
| at an old age home. It's been near impossible for us to do more than catch
a
| lot of day and night sails.
| Next weekend will be our first chance to take the boat for a bit more
distance,
| and we're looking forward to it.
| Her school/work schedule was part of the reason we'd planned to wait until
2005
| to replace Ghost. Then the great deal on the C&C came along...and we
jumped at
| it. We're not regretting it, but I sure wish we could line up more than
two
| days to sail.
|
| RB

Suzanne works at the Hosp. Friday night until 2 am.


Get used to it. 8^)

You gotta pay your dues. Nurse extenders and CCPs get the dirty work.

RB

Being a nurse is a
thankless and hard career choice.

What are you, nuts? It is a path to riches and big sailboats.

Being a nurse is a
thankless and hard career choice.

What a sad attitude.
Being a nurse (we have several friends who are nurses) is a great job and an
important one. Due to the huge shortage, Suzanne has already been hired in
advance by a top facility and will be capable of earning 6 figures after only
two years. She'll work 3 12 hour days.
It's an important job these days and it's sad that anyone thinks caring for the
elderly is thankless.

RB

It's an important job these days and it's sad that anyone thinks caring for
the
elderly is thankless.


Oh, she's an elder care nurse. You have our condolensces.

Oh, she's an elder care nurse. You have our condolensces.

Sorry, Skitchy. I have the utmost respect for people who do this kind of work.
Trolls like yours actually do harm.
Perhaps you've had little exposure to this sort of thing. You should volunteer
at a home for the elderly sometime.

RB

I care for my elderly parents..... It's not depressing at all. My Dad and I
have long talks and go fishing together.

Good for you!
The attitude that Billy, Katy and others share is a selfish one.

RB

CANDChelp wrote:

Being a nurse is a
thankless and hard career choice.

What a sad attitude.

Sad but true nevertheless

Being a nurse (we have several friends who are nurses) is a great job and an
important one. snip
It's an important job these days and it's sad that anyone thinks caring for the
elderly is thankless.

Nevertheless, however much the compos mentis elderly might thank
for the caring, generally the job is thankless. Like many
vocations, one does it for motivations which are not primarily
monetary nor opportunity-driven.

FT

Suzanne will ALWAYS be working somewhere that is incredibly short staffed,

I wonder if you've ever been to a private hospital. She's at St. Francis now.
They are not short staffed. Pay is high and benefits are great. She's loving it
and she's doing the dirty work!
I consider starting salary of 70+ to be pretty reasonable for a person straight
out of nursing school. Some hospitals even pay more. Obviously, if you're a
crappy student, you go to Jamaica Hosp. and get 55K.
Suzanne is straight A's, scoring higher than 100% on most of her tests. She
speaks several languages and loves helping the sick.
Any medical job is tough, hard work. The money can always be better. But that's
not all there is. We have enough resources to afford her schooling and new
career. In fact, neither of us need to work for a while.

RB

-- Pay is high and benefits are great. She's loving it
and she's doing the dirty work!
I consider starting salary of 70+ to be pretty reasonable for a person straight
out of nursing school.

Support that claim. Associate degree RN's generally start at 20/hr...if they're lucky...a four year degreed nurse will start
slightly higher. Private hospitals generally pay the going rate in the area. Also, while it's nice to have "A's", that is not
an indicator of nursing ability. A nurse can be book smart but really poor on the floor. Common sense and practical;ity are
what I look for when I hire nurse's, not book smarts. Nurse practitioner's, with a MS in their particular field, command the
salaries you speak of and are able to prescribe some drugs and treatments much like a PA does.
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