Momentary pause in the action.

Sunday afternoon and we are taking a little break. Chris arrived Wednesday night and we've been working pretty steadily ever since. Have gotten a lot done but still much, much more to do. The teak trim is finished and looks beautiful. All that sanding and sanding was so hard on my back but it was worth it. Butch has picked up the pace on getting the new furling unit ordered so once the new upper port shroud arrives we'll install that and take down the forestay and furling unit and 2 of the inner shrouds. The time is blowing by and before Chris got here I was feeling pretty worried that we weren't going to get finished but the stress level is much reduced now. Today we took Amanda & Anthony (my daughter & grandson) to brunch as they were in town. This afternoon we are going through all the tools to see what we have and what we need and get them organized so we both know where everything is. Later, the "Ha Ha" group and a few extras are coming over for a BBQ and to get our group photo taken...also, to figure out what we're going to do about Halloween costumes. Sent off the Crew Waivers yesterday. With a departure date now agreed upon the hammer is down and we don't have much time to "play" so every little momentary pause is appreciated.