sailing

Hello,

    So far, I have done something to do with the water every day.  A couple days ago, we went out on my uncle Rob's yacht.  The wind was blowing a gale, perfect for sailing.  We finely cut into the wind with our hair blowing wildly;  sitting on the edge of the boat and our feet hanging down barely skimming the water.  I was wearing the sunglasses I happily took back from my cousin Justin who stole them earlier.  

    We found a slightly more sheltered area to go for a swim and Justin said "Why don't we swing off that rope in to the water?"  For some dumb but awesome reason Rob agreed, so he went first.  With his heavy weight he almost capsized the whole boat as the rope was attached to the top of the mast.  A few moments later  it was my turn.  I swung out off the rope but my fingers slipped sending it flying and it stuck on the top of the mast. Unfortunately we weren't able to sail back as it was the 'main' which was needed for the sail.

    We used the motor to get back to the port, and after we tried everything Justin said, " I know! why don't I climb the mast?" And again Rob agreed.  So we put a life jacket on him and wrapped him in ropes and up the mast he went.

    He returned with the rope and a look of total satisfaction.  "Lets do that again!" he yelled

Hot!!!

Sorry it has been such a long time since my last post. I've done so many things already that i forgot to tell you all about it. Firstly, the temperature has been 35 to 39 Celsius  the whole time! Luckily my bedroom is underground, (not the basement), so it doesn't get much hotter than 25. My one year old brother Leo goes through different stages every day. He knows very few words and yesterday he learnt 'oh no!' We went for a swim and when we came home he ran across the lawn and bumped a chair over. 'Oh no!' he shouted. I picked it up and said 'all better' just for him to push it back down again. 'Oh no!' I pick it up, he'll push it down. 'Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!

    A couple days ago we went on my uncle's speedboat across Lake Skaha. Leo's face was hilarious. He couldn't tell whether it was scary or fun. I was being dragged along behind in a tube (rubber ring.) I bailed twice and the first time I was six feet in the air and up side down. I almost did a full flip but my eyes were closed and I was screaming so i didn't land it :-(

    Today my cousins from San Francisco are coming. I haven't seen them for five years and cant wait. 

    I've gone on lots of kayak trips and because of the heat, once you reach your destination, all you want to do is swim. My muscles are really sore and I think I'm coming down with a head cold but over all life's awesome. :-)       

One night to go!!!

  It's July 13. Only one more night before I leave for Canada. This will be my 9th trip. All I have left to do is jump on the plane and sit down and relax for 13 hours. I will be travelling as an unaccompanied minor the whole way, however I've done it several times before so it's not scary at all. And those who aren't familiar with 'plane food,' it's disgusting.