Anderson has asthma

Oh yeah

We had quite the whirlwind weekend.  On Thursday, we took the boat off the dock for the first time.  We didn't get to raise the sails, but we made it in and out of the slip successfully, so I consider it a great success.  Then we went to the hockey game and got to be in the intermission show, playing musical chairs.  

What is this, a joke?

We didn't get the chance to win a car, and they wouldn't let us wear sumo suits, but it was still excellent getting to go out on the ice.  Todd and I practiced checking each other into the boards, which is every bit as fun as it seems like it would be.  Then we spent the rest of the game heckling the other team's goalie, Anderson.

Back to work on Friday.  I started doing battle with the head, while Erica finished bleaching and washing the interior cushions.  Look at how sinister it is:

My worst enemy

My approach with the head was the classic strategy of immediately breaking part of it.  I find that it make a large problem seem more manageable, because it gives me a good place to get started working.  As it turns out, I think the head works fine, and the "problem" is just that the holding tank is full.  But, one of the y-valves was totally busted, so it was for the best that I broke it, too.  Now all I have to do is put it all back together, and we should have a working toilet.  

Sailing on the dock

Saturday we spent at the beach with Erica's cousin.  It was insane- turns out, spring break is real.  Who knew?

Don't worry...we do know that guy on the phone

 

Today, Erica made new covers for some of the storage compartments on the boat.  We got her a saw, and she didn't cut even one arm off.  

To a girl with a saw, two arms seems like a lot

I spent most of the day smearing caulk all over the boat.  It got in my hair, on my arm, on my pants...some of it even got onto the part of the toilet I was trying to fix.  You know the old saying: to a man with a tube of caulk, the whole world looks like it is smeared with caulk that will never ever come off.

Tomorrow, we finish the compartment lids, which will be great because then we can put the cushions back and put the inside of the boat back together.  I just bought a stove on Ebay, and once we get that we're practically ready to move onboard.