I Am Becoming An Old Man

SHIP'S LOG:

     After two days of furious work, the ceiling panels are back in place and the interior has been cleaned, at least it has had a lick-and-a-promise. The broker says a potential buyer will coming up this weekend from Maryland, hopefully with cash in hand. If he makes a "reasonable" offer, ABISHAG is his.

     Doing the work on her the last two days has reminded me of my age. Having to twist and turn and reach and squat and squint and bend, often all at the same time, has revealed places I did know I had, Russ gave me a ride home last night. We went out for pizza at Ocean and getting out of his car and walking across the parking lot and up the stairs was brutal. My knees were screaming and my lower back went beyond screaming to some other place. I'm not sure how I made it up the stairs. When I got up this morning, the song remained the same but with my hands, wrist and shoulders adding in a new melody to the song.When I was finally able to get into the shower, I stood in the hot, hot water for 30 minutes and that loosened everything up but really didn't dispel the pain. This seems to happen every year but it seems worse this year. O the joys of boat ownership!