NOT TODAY< HOPEFULLY TOMORROW

SHIP'S LOG:

Today was spent clearing up a few items . I had gone to my sisters' to pick up some DVDs the other night and have dinner, only to have dinner and forget the DVDs. SO up I went to collect them. The work yesterday in the aft head rendered it not usable, so I took the opportunity of going to my sisters' to perform my morning ablutions. I then collected my mail l and got the propane tanks filled. Taking them back to the boat I installed them and my stove should work just fine now. We shall see.

I then spent the afternoon trying to perform a simple project: connect a y-valve( a diverter valve - a valve that you can use to send stuff to either of two locations). Now what I was trying to do was install the y-valve so that I could send the contents of the aft head either overboard( of which the EPA take a dim view) or into a holding tank( which needs to be emptied periodically). All that was required was to insert one of three nipples into to appropriate hose. The conjunction of hoses was located under the counter in the aft head and could be reached only through a small hole provided by removing a small locker. Imagine trying to insert a small object into the mouth of a small non-cooperative pig through a partially open car window while standing on one foot with not enough light to really see clearly.The 1 1/2" nipple had to be inserted into a 1 1/2" ID hose. The old hose had lost most of its elasticity so the insertion was difficult to say the least. Starting at 1pm, I finished at 4pm! It was not a fun afternoon, one spent bent over and inserted into a hole in a counter trying to put together a valve and three hoses, none of whom wished to have anything to do with one another.

By the end of the exercise, I was in no mood to go shopping so the groceries will wait until tomorrow. With any luck at all, the shopping will be done by noon and I will be able to get away. True, I'll probably not make my first goal of getting to New Haven, but I will get away!

MASTER'S PERSONAL LOG:
My sister Karen bailed me out when Bank of America didn't come through as promised. I won't get into the details but suffice it to say that the banking crisis is not only about the big business. They can't seem to do simple things like returning funds they weren't suppose to receive. Big sister came through . . . .and baby sister works for Bank of America! Just goes to show you.

I am down to the shopping and I'll be ready to go. Huzzah!