Angels

The last couple of days have gone by with lots of working. I've been scrubbing out cabins, the galley, the galley bunks, other bunks, etc etc. I've been painting the stove, whose name is actually Berma (I called her Bertha in the last post ... woops!) and painting other things. Today I scrubbed splattered rust off of the forward house, which might need to be painted again. Good thing I'm good at painting! Though I'll probably be scrubbing some more wood in the passenger cabins. I'm glad I have my iPod to keep me company while I'm down there scrubbing. My arms are semi-permanently covered in paint ... which sort of makes me look like I'm turning into a dalmatian or something. Fun!

Yesterday I met two of the most amazing women in the world. Angels! I was having a bit of a rough morning and was scrubbing stove paint off of my glasses and these two sisters came over and we started talking. One of them is the cook on another boat and the other was helping out for the day. They invited me to come to their house and sleep on an inflatable mattress, take a shower in a real bathroom instead of the one in the shipyard, and wash my clothes. Needless to say, knowing that I was going home with them made the rest of the day much easier.

I discovered that Maine is beautiful pretty much everywhere and I really enjoy driving around and seeing everything. I feel like a human being again after staying at their house, and they really are amazing people. What a gift to have people like that to take you home and give you the hugs that you need and have been missing for the past week! Phew!

Tomorrow will be more scrubbing, I'm just sure. I'm getting to be a pro scrubber! And hopefully we won't be working again on Saturday ... I'm told we usually don't, but we did last Saturday. Who knows! It'd be nice to have a couple of days to relax a bit!

Cheers!