Ouzo is Good Medicine

…and also thank god for Tylenol PM because Mike and I (Mike maybe through osmosis or lack of my tossing and turning) slept through the night! We woke up to sunshine but it was short lived. The forecast called for scattered thunderstorms today and it didn’t take long until the first one rolled through, and then the next one…and the next one. It made for moments of chasing pretty big leaks (lots of dish towels and bowls) and gave an overall feeling of dis-jointedness (is that a word?) to the day. Mike would often run outside to work while the sun would make an appearance after one storm only to be chased back inside by the next wave of rain. We passed power tools from the cockpit to the cabin pretty frequently today. Since it was a hard day to paint and varnish my motivation quickly washed away with the rain. Also the state of the cabin was a bit of a disaster. I should have just gone to the library or taken the computer into the aft cabin and watched a movie. But found myself just sitting at the table not really knowing what to do. I feel guilty if I am not working or “contributing” but need to realize that it’s ok to take a time out or have an off day. And this ‘head’ project is taking way too long….more painting, more sealing, more wood work, not to mention plumbing until things can be put in their final place. Mike (and myself later in the day) made a little progress but it was slow going. By late afternoon we were done and drank our regular afternoon beer. But that wasn’t quite enough so I pulled the bottle of Ouzo out of the cupboard. It did the trick and helped relieve a bit of the stress as of late. The only bummer was that after watching all of those LOTR movies I fell asleep about half way through the last movie! But Mike says we can just watch it again...
And an added note: Today is the one year anniversary of my new foot! And it’s pretty remarkable what a difference the surgery (foot reconstruction) has made. I can now go up and down the ladder dozens of times a day with no pain. Also just walking on the decks, in flip flops, squatting (you do a lot of squatting while working on a boat) is now easy and pain free. Anyways, I just wanted to give it a little mention. The only problem now is trying to keep sunscreen on my scars but I will take that any day!