Week 42: Allergies

I have been having a bout with allergies.  when I was younger it took the form of runny nose, bloodshot eyes and occasional congestion.  As an older person the symptoms are less of the aforementioned and more of the hives and congestion.  The past three weeks have been the worst all summer.  I guess this is because of the fact I am in PL more and less on the boat.  Near water and farther north my symptoms become less.

This past week I added the remote indicator panel for the combiner.  It fit quite nicely but I bunged up the face a bit when I tried to lever it just a little to plumb.  When I did this the face cover plastic piece seperaded from the flat black base layer and I now have a translucent piece in the lower left corner.  I have been thinking of super glue with low viscosity to sort of run in between the two layers and then squeezing for just the few seconds for the bond to take place.  I just could not stand the disappointment this week.  I was on the boat 4 days this week.

Sunday we took the sails off and they are safely stored in the building.  Next week I think we will take the truck and bring the Cetol back home to do the boarding ladder and the other necessary touch ups on the removable wood items.  There are getting to be more and more winter work items.

It was warm Sunday and it seems everyone was in a bad temper state so it was not really a pleasant afternoon.  In spite of all this SAM did manage to paint the Cetol Gloss coat fon the bow sprit and it looks nice.

We left for PL about 6 to 6:30 and ran into a wreck on I-94 and then a super long 5 mph slow down just after that.  We exited at milemarker 85 and headed cross country with the aid of my trusty computer and the USB GPS.  Even so the 2.5 hr trip took 4 and we were dog tired when we arrived home.

Today, Monday, I mowed the lawn, replaced some light bulbs in the hangar, had a TSA association  meeting.  I had just. time for a 15 minute nap.  Hopefully, the leaves will start to come down so we can get that chore over with for the season.  Then it is time to snuggle in for the winter.