Lately I have been so busy that I haven’t had any time to slow down and really enjoy the little day-to-day things, like these flowers for example, which are a gift from my grandparents’ garden. Looking at their delicate white petals this morning, I realized that I need to take a deep breath and slow down a bit. So I am working on it. As soon as I got home from work today, I made myself a nice cantaloupe smoothie with this great little one-cup blender I bought a couple of weeks ago for the boat (Hamilton Beach Single-Serve—very inexpensive and perfect if you have any space constraints). Then I sat down to catch up on a few emails before dinner.
To recap, I had a good visit this weekend with my family in Raleigh, NC, but it does feel good to be back on the boat, even if it is a mess. While I was driving and visiting nearly my entire immediate family (both sides), Brian was cutting open the fiberglass on the cabin top in order to re-core a soft spot. Needless to say, he did not finish this weekend. I came home yesterday evening to find a tarp draped over the boom to keep the rain out of the hole—good thing considering it is the time of year when a thunderstorm blows through for about 30 minutes every afternoon around 4:30 or 5 p.m. I snapped a few pictures just before one of these evening storms broke last week. You can see just how blue it was outside, and the light reflecting off the bottom of the clouds is actually from lightning, rather than the bridge lights. These storms are great because they fight back the oppressive SC heat/humidity. I am quite looking forward to more of these on the boat.
Ah, to be able to relax and enjoy a good storm.
Lara,
Great seeing you last weekend. Love your blog! Thanks for including the schematic of Illusion. It really helps to understand the boat’s layout and your working/living space. Alice and I would love to visit in person one of these days.
Mark