shaken, not stirred

more work on the hull today. are you getting used to that sentence? t’was applying the real stuff though. yup. bottom paint. filled in all those spots i’ve been scraping, sanding and priming! nice to get to the final kinda stuff for that. the old can of paint i was using recommended that i take it to a hardware store and have the heck shaken out of it, so i got me a trusty (yup, you guessed it) deltaville marina bicycle, threw the heavy can of paint in the front basket, and pedaled over to the local hardware haunt. after the bumpy ride i would guess the paint was already pretty well shaken! but the guy there was more than happy to attach the can to the ol’ paint shaker machine and give it a double dose of “shaken, not stirred.” no charge! really? yup! and here’s a couple of stir sticks to boot! nice!

after i got done with all that work stuff i grabbed an iced tea from the ship’s store at the marina, and sat on the dock to watch the waves on the bay (super windy day). along came a new friend, graham. he’s got a sailboat newly put in the drink, and docked right where i was sitting, unbeknownst to me. he invited me aboard and we chatted for a while, while he worked on a few things. he’s got a lovely english accent. a very personable, friendly guy. he even invited me to his home in richmond. i declined this time, but hopefully pam and i’ll get a chance to visit.

guess what?

i’m going home next weekend! yup. and i don’t mean minnesota as “home.” nope. even though that is where i’m going. by “home” i mean i get to see my best pal and wife! that’s home! the reason i’m heading west is that my good buddy danny, ho happens to be my bother, is getting married! and i get to watch the whole thing take place! he’s marrying his good pal karen. i’ll be flying back on friday, going to the wedding in wisconsin on saturday, hopefully getting to see deanna graduate from mcad in the afternoon, savouring hanging with pam on sunday, and flying back early monday morn.

this evening lila was sitting on the ground near cricket, meowing up at me. i knew what she wanted... she wanted me to take her for a walk. something we’ve made a bit of a habit of doing in the evenings. she’s so cute. she explores all day (and often all night), and yet she loves it when i go with her on walks! we walked down to the docks, and she tentatively, but bravely joined me there. a good way to wind up a good day! i think she’ll make an excellent ship’s cat!