Hope Springs Eternal! ! ! ! ! ! !

SHIP'S LOG:

As St. Paul says, " Hope is belief in things not seen" . . . like my prop for instance! Another week has dawned and I am still stranded ashore, though I really expect that I will be off this week. After all, the prop was supposed to be "here early next week" last week and the weather for the coming week is to be cold and blustery and Tuesday and Thursday promise "SNOW FLURRIES!" Considering I originally departed on a fine Fall day with the sun shining and the temperature in the 70's it is only to be expected I guess. Then again, every mile traveled brings me closer to warmer weather, sunshine and the absolute need to done shorts and tee-shirts! Ah! Mistaken fools who dream of heaven!

I will give the yard boss a call on the morrow to see what to story is. I am sure that he is doing his best as I am a bit of a bur under his addle, taking up yard space. He can rightly point to someone else in the "chain" for the delay and it will be completely reasonable and rue besides, as he and the yard benefit not in the least by my continuing presence. Of course as Roland mentioned the other night, the next thing will be that the prop is in but the one and only person capable of installing it properly: 1.) is out sick; 2.) is on vacation; 3.) has quit and they are looking for a replacement.

A recent sociological investigation has determined that the Danes are the happiest people in the world. The reason why is that they set their expectations low, so low that they have little trouble meeting them and rarely get disappointed, thus leading to them being happy. I ain't ready to go that far . . . yet.

CAPTAIN'S PERSONAL LOG:

I Fully expect to get the call tomorrow and be gone on Tuesday.