Friday, August 5th, 2011!

Funny how when I wrote the date above, in my head I was saying it with the announcer voice of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart...

Anywhoodle, since my little neck fiasco I haven't been cranking on my boat as much, but I also took two weeks off to play with my lovely lady Aimee while she was back in town for her break from work in Alaska. We went to the drive-in with my 4Runner, ate lots of food, went horseback riding and hiking, shooting and looting (well, not THAT much looting), looked at some artwork downtown (WAY cool Mad-Houses on Capitol Hill), and I spent a bunch of time looking for a new car...

But now that I'm more on the road to recovery and I'm back to sleeping alone, I'm spending Sunday-Thursday working on my boat at the shipyard, and working at InnerSea Discoveries as a sub-full-time "Special Project Support Lead" - which means I have a desk, computer, phone, and an ever-growing inbox goodies to sort through, most all pertaining to the maintenance and ongoing improvements of our 8 vessels.

In more recent news (as in, the last few hours) I finally dragged my photo gear out of storage for a short 30-minute headshot session with my high-school girlfriend Vickie (she needed a photo for her medical school applications). Although not the creative, multi-light, super-action shots that I'd normally be jonesing for, it was good to get the gear out and play a little. Perhaps I'll leave the gear on board for some slacklining shots with the truck?

On the boat side of things, I've got the pilothouse in place, with all metalwork tacked at 4" intervals and prepped for stitching Sunday afternoon. No windows have been cut yet, as I still need to fill in the existing windows and deck penetrations before I can start doing the fun stuff. There is still a significant amount of metalwork to be done, including a safety rail system, lazerette hatch reconfiguration, deck strengthening (to prevent oil-canning), interior bulkhead and furniture anchors, and abandoned random holes that seemingly litter the boat (it will be much, much sleeker when I'm done though!). Living aboard in the Fall is seeming less and less likely every day, but we'll just have to see. Anywho, below are some photos from the past month or so!