Work

[Kyle]Not employment work but effort work.

Today was one of those horrible days you just hate. We had so much to do and little time to do it. Much of the work required pulling things out of lockers so that we could access stuff in the back. We also had to organize everything in an attempt to make space for all of the stuff that ordinarily lives outside. The problem is that we are swinging on a mooring. There is nowhere for the overflow to go except into other areas of the boat. The cockpit is filled with luggage and full trash bags. The rest of the boat is completely unusable. Stuff is piled so high that it is necessary to crawl up on the counters and squeeze through passages sideways to get around. It is a really dark moment when one of us realizes we can't wait any longer to pee.

We did get a lot done, though. Eventually, the process slowly reversed itself and the boat became slightly more bearable. We won't be completely done for a couple of days so there's really no point in tidying too much. Toward the end of the day, my goal was to clear off enough space to sit and eat dinner and make a clear enough path from the main berth to the head that a midnight trip wouldn't require too much gymnastics.