Friday, 12 December 2014

Boom-boom goes the sound of freedom

Everything takes a bit longer on a rocking boat. By 9AM I realized that I needed to EAT! My stomach and body were both screaming. Normally I am inherently lazy in food prep, but today I wanted good food so I took 3 eggs, scallion greens, ham and spices and mixed them all up. I fried it in oil because calories are not my current problem. Anyway making all this was in half speed, and after I had eaten doing the dishes...
Whoa!  I was just severely frightened! I just heard two booms, very loud like a bomb going off. Right afterward I heard the noise of a fighter jet. I didn’t see them, but my blood is pumping! That’s the sound of freedom I suppose, and out here in the Gulf they’re allowed to go supersonic.
Anyway, the dishes are interesting.  First I have all the dirty dishes in the left sink. I wash them with saltwater and Joy and move them to the right sink. Then I use my pesticide sprayer to gently wash them off, only using 1 tbsp of water on each dish, and then I put them on the dryer rack over the left sink. This took about 4x as long as usual.

Now that I’ve eaten and cleaned up, there’s not much I want to do other than to take another nap. This constant motion.  Boom-Boom! There they go again. This motion is quite tiring, but at least the boat stays on an even heel, not much more than 15 degrees while I’m still making better than 10 kts. The boat is happy and so am I.

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