Spring?

SHIP'S LOG:

     The weather has not been particularly conducive to work on ABISHAG. First it is cold, then warm, then rainy, then snowy -  no of which are very helpful for maintenance and spring work unless one has one's boat in a heated shed. Sadly, such is not the case with ABISHAG and me. No way I could afford it unless the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol finds me and so far, they have have not.

     My ankle is coming along quiet well. I am out of the brace most of the time, depending on the orthotics and the stiffness of the shoes. The re-aligning and re-stretching of the muscles and ligaments and tendons continues apace and at times that is a bit painful as they "do not like" their new configuration and their strength in it is not all that great.Try lifting yourself on one foot or balancing yourself on one. Pretty easy, right? I can do the lift maybe 10 times on a good day and the balancing, well maintaining it is difficult and all I hear is the cracking of the arthritis in the joint. But as PT guys says, last week I couldn't do it at all.

     I am aiming to start the work on ABISHAG in three weeks, count'em, 3! And that'll be the week before 85 year old Jim Avery splashes "LUFF AFFAIR." O the pain!