Crazy from the Heat

I think we spent most of the day trying to prevent ourselves from getting heat stroke. Thank goodness the hose was on deck since I was still washing the decks. Every half hour or so we would give ourselves a shower on deck and what a difference it made. All of a sudden our energy would come back and I would actually feel a little cold, well for the first 2 minutes, when the breeze would hit my wet shirt. And the boat should now be water proof! Mike got the depth transducer installed so all of the holes are plugged up and the boat should float when we put her in the water! The canvas guy also came by and I think we have finally figured out a solution for our spray hood and bimini. After I finally gave up scrubbing the decks after realizing I was never going to get all of the rust off, I began taping in preparation for paint. I was working fast because we really wanted to get a coat of primer on in the evening when the temperatures were cooler. And the sun was only getting lower and lower in the sky. In my head, I decided that we weren’t going to make it before dark. But Mike had another idea. He wanted to paint in the dark. We are realizing that we have very different ideas about painting and it sometimes causes a bit of disagreement. So after some discussion, I headed to the shower to let Mike take on that task if he really felt the need. I was too tired to argue any further. Upon returning, I found Mike on the decks, but instead of a paint brush he had a glass of raki in his hand. We sat for awhile on deck where there was a nice breeze blowing, very unlike the conditions in the furnace like cabin. Mike suggested setting up a bed on deck but I knew that my chances for sleeping would probably be even less under the spot light of the security light and being on display for the whole boat yard. So I made my way inside and collapsed on the bed with the alarm set for 5:30am to start painting before the heat of the day.