Hands Off My Varnish

Today wasn’t much better. Mike continued to work on making the metal bases for the rigging. Only to get bashed in the ankle a couple of times with a deck block while trying to drill out the stainless steel mounting plate so it would fit a metric bolt. But with much perseverance and a bit of swearing he got it done. I continued with my varnishing and started on the aft floor boards. And we thought it was a little difficult while Ishmail had all of the floors. But this has proven to be a bit more challenging, maybe because we haven’t had the energy to find the pieces of wood scrap we used before to create our stepping stones. So now we are jumping from brace to brace and trying to avoid wet varnish that surrounds us. It feels like we are living in the game ‘Operation’ where we can’t touch the sides. Since the aft cabin has wet floors and a big hole, we are sleeping on the day bed which is actually quite comfortable. I also tried to close the galley due to newly varnished cabinets and floor but Mike talked me into to letting him make one more dinner of beans. This was only because our plans to eat at the worker’s cantina were scrapped. Before we headed on our way, we fortunately called John and Aysel to invite them to join us in a meal of ‘mushroom meat’, pasta and ‘cherry jelly’ for dinner. But unfortunately for them, they had eaten there the night before with some gastro-intestinal distress as a result. And that is the last thing I want while being hauled out with a long walk to the bathroom. At least we had a good laugh while listening to their bathroom humor.