Living my life like a song

 

Well it has been a crazy ride these last few years and it is finally time to get “Back to the island” ,”I hope you understand  I just had to go back to the island”

So much planning , dreaming, waiting and more planning, dreaming and waiting “Manana”, manana, manana.  The last few months have been very busy and now in just a few short days we will be there in our “One Particular Harbor”

“And there's that one particular harbor Sheltered from the wind

 Where the children play on the shore each day And all are safe within

Most mysterious calling harbor So far but yet so near

 I can see the day when my hair's full gray And I finally disappear”

Again I find myself wondering how we arrived at this point. Living in two totally different places and working to pay for both. Trying to complete all the work I need to do here in the Adirondacks before I leave for the island, making sure everything is all set for while we are gone and when we return. I am really ready for “ Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes”

“With these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes

 Nothing remains quite the same With all of my running and all of my cunning  If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane

 If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane

 If we weren't all crazy we would go insane”

I realize after this trip nothing will be the same, our dream is really coming true we will have a home in paradise. I am really “ Living my life like a song”  “And the Wino and I know the joys of the ocean,  Like a boy knows the joys of his milkshake in motion. It's a strange situation, a wild occupation,  Living my life like a song.”

While this all seems so exciting it is a huge risk, I guess if you are gonna risk all your money on a dream it may as well be a good one.  It is a “Carnival World” there are no guarantees and most things in life are a gamble.   “Spend it while you can ,Money's contraband , You can't take it with you when you go, Spend it while you can Before it's taken from your hand, There's no free ride in this carnival world”

The worst that could happen is we get “Stuck in Paradise” with no money and a “Tin Cup for a Chalice” oh well it’s all about the “Stories we could tell” ,”All the stories we could tell  If it all blows up and goes to hell”.

As we follow our dreams like one may follow the “Tides”,  “ I follow the tides On currents far and wide  Chalking up the stories and the miles, that is the reason I will never lose my smile”, I will always be able to go”  back to the island, Where the shrimp boats tie up to the pilin'. Give me oysters and beer for dinner every day of the year, And I'll feel fine, I'll feel fine,  With a tin cup for a chalice Fill it up with good red wine .”

While there we will be working very hard to get our place ready for all our future guests. We hope to have time to enjoy a “ Cheeseburger in  Paradise” , after all Roatan is rumored to be the island Jimmy wrote the song about. In West End it is always “5 oclock somewhere”, and there is always time for “wasting away in Margaritaville”. I promise I will never again find myself “Too drunk to Karaoke”. I will find myself in West End which is much like the “Bama Breeze”, “ You're one of our own down there, You never drink alone down there, Good God I feel at home down there”

One day you will all be able to go “Down to the Banana Republics, Down to the tropical sun, Go the expatriated American, Hopin' to find some fun”  you will all be able to be “Beautiful Swimmers” , “ Now If I was as rich as the agacon,  I tell you what I would do,Buy every man, woman, and child on this planet A mask and a snorkle too, Then I'd leave this big migration  Destination Half Moon Bay, Then we'd splash our way around the world  Life is just a water ballet” . 

Until then we you will have to live with “Island Fever” , I will send you photos of “Palm trees and views I can't believe .Why would I ever want to leave? I think I'll take my shoes off and go walking .Down beside the caribbean sea. I like the funny sounds of parrots squawking, I think I hear a hammock calling me.”  Sorry I got distracted.

 So I will leave the “ Gypsies in the Palace”  drinking all the “Boat Drinks”, enjoying a little Adirondack “cabin fever” and follow the “Fins” down to “St. Somewhere”. One of my island friends said we will be islanders now , “Island I see you in the distance, I feel that your existence, Is not unlike my own have .” I feel like I am headed home , “Happily ever after”,” Some people never find it, Some... only pretend, but me: I just want to live happily ever after every now and then”

It is amazing to realize I am truly “Living My Life like a Song”

Thanks Jimmy Buffett for your inspiration and all of you for your continued support. Look for Blog , Facebook and Runawaypineapple.com updates while we are on the island.