Rabbit Rabbit

Another early day, at least for Mike who woke up at 2:30am. Luckily, we went to bed early so he got 6 hours of sleep. But it didn’t seem to phase his energy or mood because we had a great and productive day! Saying rabbit rabbit on the morning of the 1st must have already brought us some luck. Mike called his old friend Mehmet who has done some great work for us in the past and asked him if he knew of a carpenter. He brought over Ishmael, also known as Apache. With his long gray hair in a pony tail, leather vest, earrings and “smoked too many cigarettes” voice I can see why he has his nickname. He said that Mehmet told him Mike was a very good guy and to give him a good price. Ishmael quoted the bathroom remodel at a very and I mean very good price. The deal was sealed especially after hearing his ring tone of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here and his story of seeing Deep Purple in Istanbul. He seems like a character who will be fun to get to know. Mike also had another Mehmet come by who did some steel work on the hull last year. He seemed to think he could help with our dodger problem and we are waiting for a quote. See, there was no reason to get so discouraged yesterday! I finished sanding my bits and pieces and got a coat of varnish on them. And then I started on some of the rails on deck. It hardly felt like work because the sun was out with temps in the low 70s so I was very comfortable in shorts, t-shirt and bare feet. And to top the day off, we enjoyed a beer in the cockpit, made our usual yummy meal of pizza and greek salad (somehow it just tastes better here), drank some wine and watched a movie. I just hope that most of our days can be this good.