Breather

After a week of non stop working on the boat, two days away from her feels strange. I've actually gotten antsy. I have this feeling that if we stop we'll get stalled and not end up finishing everything that needs to be done and really we haven't even started yet. That's the scary thought.
A few panicked moments today and Mark keeps trying to reassure me that everything will be fine, everything will be done, as it is we are moving at light speed, the title hasn't even been transferred to our name yet and already we have done quite a bit.

Last we heard from the brokers was that the bill of sale had been drawn up and been sent to the seller to get signed and sent back, not sure where he is with all that but our part is done and since we already legally have possession of the boat, I'm not concerned, he'll get the title transferred if we wants his money, the bank holds it until we get that title.

After our big sailing adventure on Sunday we've pretty much been taking it easy, going about our somewhat regular routine. Mark is on the midnight watch at work this week so he's gone all night and sleeps in the day, not a schedule conducive to getting work done on the boat. The kids and I are plugging away at school, still haven't gotten into a groove there yet but it's coming.

We finally had rain the last few days. I say finally, not to imply that I want rain or enjoy it in anyway, actually I loathe it, I'd have snow over rain any day but since we resealed all the hatches and windows on Sweets we've been waiting for some rain to see how they took. After school was done today and Mark got some rest we all went in to town a little early for the kids Tae Kwon Do lessons and swung by the boat to see how she faired. The kids were kind of concerned that be would be going sailing again, but once we assured them that we weren't today they raced to the boat. They love being on it, they run all around the deck, jumping through hatches, ringing the bell, pretend fishing with the boat hook and make believing that we are sinking which is all very dramatic. Now we need to get them to love being on her while she's moving. Baby steps.

When we walked down below, the dehumidifier was running but had only an inch of water in the bucket from two days of rain, the inside felt dry and actually smelled decent. All the hatches we fixed and resealed were dry, only the two hatches above the cabins leaked slightly, we didn't actually do much to them though, so we'll try some silicone around the edges and some new weather stripping and see of that does the trick. But I think we are well on our way to having a dry boat.