boat by 26...or 27..

heres my latest endeavor. im going to own a boat by the time im 26, possibly 27. im about to be 24 so 26 might be cutting it close since i have to pay off some debt first so thats why im giving myself an extra year. what brought on this idea? well..sometimes at lunch ill eat down by the lakeshore where people take their boats in and out of the water and it occurred to me how great it would be to have a boat. especially if you live in austin where you have like 6 different lakes to choose from..plus, in texas you have great boating weather 80% of the year! honestly, i dont see why more people dont have boats. i even started looking on craigslist everyday to see what was up for sale! so i didnt know if this was a crazy idea or not so i proposed it to my friend ben and he did laugh at first but then agreed that it was a good idea and actually feasible. we decided that for about 6K i could get a decent boat that could pull skiers and such. he said i could get a cheaper one but it might not be powerful enough to pull people...now, what would be the point of that? why have a boat if you cant use it to ski..im not going to be fishing off of it. so yeah..6 grand. and then he said that boats require a lot of upkeep and stuff and since i know nothing about boats i said i would just have 'a boat guy' to keep it working and pretty and stuff. and of course my boat guy could use the boat whenever he liked. ben offered to be my boat guy but im not sure how i feel about that. he claims to have worked at a boat shop for a while however was fired..hmm. i was telling derrell about my boat idea and he also offered to be my boat guy. he might be a better contender...and he has a real cute dog so thats bonus points for him. so will i really go thru with this? who knows, but i think so. when it comes to big purchases that i really want, i have a tendency to get them even if they seem frivilous or impractical to others...im really good at justifying the purchase so that i dont regret it. at first i had actually said i would have a boat by the time i was 28 and ben laughed. i asked him if he thought that wasnt long enough and he said no, i think youll have it before then. i decided he was probably right and moved the goal up a couple of years. sooo..there you have it. kate mccoy, boat owner...im excited already! if youre still friends with me in 2008 then maybe ill let ya take it out sometime ;)