T - 5 Days

Hard to believe a month has gone by since we sold the house. We have been so consumed by the refit, that we haven't had time to do anything. We were going to have friends over to the campground, we were going to have fires, we were going to go for walks. We were...... (they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions!) At some point we are going to have to apologize to our friends and family for dropping off the end of the world, and we haven't even left the dock yet. But really, 4 weeks in a campground, and the only fire we had was to burn the mounting receipts from the refit, and the beer store.

I am getting to the point now that if we don't slow down a little soon, I am going to explode. However, Friday we lose the camp site, and as of yet, there is no refrigeration, no lights, no water, and only a few cushions have covers. I guess that means I am going to have to hold off the explosion until next week, too busy this week.

Serena spent 10 hours on Saturday cleaning the boat. Forward of the head didn't get done, as I was still epoxying, and I cleaned everything from the companion way back. So ten hours to clean the head, the salon, the nav station, and the galley. Give you an idea of how bad it was? I am happy to report that Vita looks much better now. Yesterday I managed to get all the painting and staining done in five hours, Today I will get the second coat done. Then one day for some drying and off-gassing. That leaves Wed and Thur to start moving aboard, and getting the fridge working. Lights and water we can live without, but cold beer is a necessity!

Then, since I had so much extra time in the afternoon, we went to the storage area and did a 3 hour sorting marathon. We didn't make anymore space, but the truck is packed with different stuff now. Hopefully once we start unloading some of the stuff into the boat, and get the wing-back chairs to my Mom, that we will start to have a little space to play with. Now its trying to figure out whether to just give all the extra stuff away, or try and sell it. But I don't have time to figure out what we need and what we don't need.