Hotter Than Hades!

Yes it is, and it isn't going to get any cooler this side of Thursday/Friday. We may get some more rain, but it really doesn't cool the place down much...much!

Today we had three initially energetic young men come and wash and wax the boat. The 95F temps were probably more like 98-100F frankly, and they worked like demons until about 2.30pm, with a half hour off for lunch. Our baby is clean and shiny from the waterline to the top. Lovely to have that done. I just have to get up at Sparrow fart to condition the Eisenglas on the Fly Deck. I don't let anyone touch that stuff...At least if I scratch it, it is my fault, but anyone else leaving marks...well...their lives wouldn't be worth living. All these things are very expensive, and the Eisinglas is well...plastic, basically, and therefore it scratches. The less scratches, the better we can see through the glas.

SO..long time since I last posted, and some things don't change. We are still visiting Doctors to try and find out what is going on with Waz's sinus. We have dumped the Rheumatologist...he was NOT someone to have confidence in, as I may have said before. We were dismissed by the ENT man, unless Waz wants a Biopsy. The GP has been working overtime to get him the specialists she thinks will help, and we are now going to yet another for their opinion. We almost want to make a CD of the WHOLE of the story about how this came to be, but that might appear rude:)

At least we get this week off...kind of.

In this heat, any amount of activity serves to wipe you out. Being old folks that happens with or without the heat, but you catch my drift!

We have been busy packing our belongings up and taking them down the road to the storage unit for safe keeping. The boat is 80% clear of our 'stuff', which is amazing, when you consider that the Unit is now almost full!  Where is the last 20% going to go???

We have crates with 'stuff' to take house sitting with us, and crates with 'other stuff' to take to Europe with us, later in the year, and crates that we need  NOW. It is all so easily taken off the boat in these containers, should someone want to visit the boat with a view to buying her.

So...while we had the curtains off, today, I took some photos...and yesterday, while it was 94F, I was sitting out on the cockpit sewing new red covers for the fenders that sit decoratively on the bow.

Don't they look lovely??  We had the option of making them the same Marine Blue as the 'working fenders, but they wouldn't have looked as nice sitting up forward in their holders.

So, in the process of cleaning our girl up, I took these photos of the salon while it was free of 'stuff' ( I seem to like that word, lol)

 Yes, that is a sheet we have on the floor to preserve the carpet, now that it has been cleaned.

Oops..I almost forgot about the Immunology tests that Waz had done last week. That was exciting. Trying to figure out what he is allergic to...well, basically most things!

Mostly dogs, cats, dust mites and a gazillion different tree pollens and grasses, all in the Jacksonville area.
We knew about the dog and cat ones, but unless he puts his hands near his eyes after stroking either, it doesn't affect him noticeably.
We do house sit cats, you see, but nothing to worry about to date.

Weekend before last we spent the Sunday with and English woman and her daughter, who is here for Proton Therapy Cancer treatment. I had become a kind of penpal with her mother in France, after chatting with her over a house sitting arrangement near Toulouse. We couldn't help them out there, but we could play host to the daughter and granddaughter in Jax, which was lots of fun. We went out to Biscotti for brunch, took them on a drive to Brunswick Georgia and showed them where we spent last summer, and the lovely Victorian houses in the Historic District before going across to St Simon's Island for ice-cream and a tour around there. They never thought they would get to spend time in Georgia, so we were glad to show them around. They loved the Marshes too.

We found the daughter inspirational. Because of a brain tumor, her eyesight, balance and right hand are severely challenged, but she insisted on walking everywhere and taking in all the sights. She was engaging, intelligent, though her words were hard to come by some times, but most enjoyable as a guest. Just 18 yrs old, we hope this is good for her, and it appears to be doing something, because she arrived in the USA four weeks ago in a wheelchair. That she can walk now, is fantastic!

We just went for a walk along A dock and met another kiwi and he UK husband on their 47ft Nordhaven, which they bought in NZ about the time we bought our boat in the USA, 2013. They have been around the world on this motor yacht built specifically for ocean travel, and she will be for sale. They are planning to go back to Australia where they have 7 children and numerous Grandbabies between them. Looks like we are all in similar boats...in that regard:)

Time for me to shut the computer down and head for bed. Waz is in the shower already, and I need to go and have a cool one. I think I will swim again tomorrow morning, first thing. Good to be in the pool before all the kids get there!

Night night!