December 18, 2006

Christmas is comming to
Waupoos, snow or no snow. Lori has the decorations up and Rick hasa both Linda's house and Koras tied into the new septic. Nicki's new Hunter 37.5 arrived and now guards the corner of my approach. Big boat. ET is finally out of the shop and took Sunday off and did nothing but rest and finish the proper door for the aft of the boom tent.

Rufus is being affectionate and has taken to sleeping with me again which he has not done for years. He is a much bigger cat now and with the extra insulation beside the berth we make a snug fit.

The weather has remained above freezing and the white stuff is all but forgotten. Life is little more than another day struggling with balky gel coat and ET. Seven days a week for a month now, but the end has to be close. Today was to have been delivery but instead I put it off to finish the job properly withlout being rushed.

As luck would have it for me at least Josh ended up back at the Marina so I was able to get him to helpo with what turned out to be the better part of 16 hours of sanding. This was almost life and death as I am maxed on my Tyanol every night and the arm still hurts above my pain threshold.

The ET job has brought a new spectre to my future, disability. If August and making a tearing a full thickness 4.5cm rip in superspinacious tendon in my shoulder was a prelude cost me the arm for 3 months. I must take notice of this. I lost help at a critical time and had to sand out the gel coat repairs on the bottom. I did not fall or bumpo my arm during the day but when I got home at night it looked like I was hit with a baseball bat. By the next day the bruise, which was bruising from the inside out!

Emergency was a waste. I can tell IK have reinjured an old injury and the bleeding causes the bruising. I know. But I m not doing anythig. No bumps, no bangs nothing and even what work I did I was very careful. Too bad I was just begining to find a stable income. I don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize this means I must find a new type of work to stay alive.