Quote of the Day: Today
It is a moment of light surrounded on all sides by darkness and oblivion. In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another just like it and there will never be another just like it again. It is the point to which all your yesterdays have been leading since the hour of your birth. It is the point from which all your tomorrows will proceed until the hour of your death. If you were aware of how precious it is, you could hardly live through it. Unless you are aware of how precious it is, you can hardly be said to be living at all.
"This is the day which the Lord has made," says Psalm 118. "Let us rejoice and be glad in it" (v. 24). Or weep and be sad in it for that matter. The point is to see it for what it is, because it will be gone before you know it. If you waste it, it is your life that you're wasting. If you look the other way, it may be the moment you've been waiting for always that you're missing.
All other days have either disappeared into darkness and oblivion or not yet emerged from it. Today is the only day there is.
Sitting here tonight after a busy day ticking off the maintenance tasks that are always present... Kalai is in good shape after a pretty cold and wet couple of months. Looks like I had the best of the early winter late June - it's been crap over here ever since!
- Rode Victor around to Doug's to arrange haul-out (Thursday 0900)
- replaced the two grotty fenders that needed renewal and re-inflated two others...
- obligatory morning coffee at Di's...
- picked up the little outboard from JB's after the miracle worker Peter located the fault that was causing it to flood - corrosion around the needle in the carb (not a stuck float as previously thought). An hours labour later and it goes like a bomb on Karuna. Tootled up the estuary to Doug's boatyard and back. Didn't miss a beat. Excellent! Little boat and little motor all set for Samuel!!!
- Spent the afternoon dodging showers and fitting the dinghy wheels - really needed longer arms or extra hands! Lower back especially did not appreciate the long periods of crouching, reaching and fiddling. Had to hand cut 8 stainless bolts to size - fortunately the little cordless grinder was a ripper for this. First though, fix the vise, free the caulk in the sealant tube, find centre on the dinghy stern, dodge more showers...
- Fitted dinghy on the rack and returned Victor to his loft at JB's
- Met up with Marie and Julie again ( Owner and builder of an impressive 25m Aluminium hulled yacht
- 'Blazing Shadz'
and an interesting character) at the OCC (Opua Crusing Club) tonight - but managed to escape Ces and the Darts night... opted for a shower and a quiet night. The beef curry was definitely improved re-heated. Even have enough for another night.
- Next couple of days will be a little more rigorous with scraping, sanding and re-painting (probably while dodging more showers). This week has been deja vue: I'm re-living the several low pressure systems I managed to 'enjoy' in Melbourne lat last week... glory days! Another front due tonight with 35kt westerlies. Hopefully a little less at Doug's in the morning... Then 36 hours of relative calm before the next front noon Friday.
- However, next week promises some improved prospects... and I'll be back in the water with a clean bum!
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