Caught in a funk...

I seem to be stuck in some kind of funk lately. I have been having an exceedingly hard time being motivated to do anything lately. I think part of it is that I have been fairly isolated lately. Other than the few days a week that I'm working now, I hardly see or talk to a soul. It seems hard for me since I am the type of person who enjoys having others around. I enjoy sharing my life with others and hopefully occasionally bringing a smile to a few faces and a bit of joy to there lives. As well as the isolation I seem to have a lot of other things lately that have been increasingly weighing on my mind and heart. All on top of the stress of trying to build my boat and pay bills and do it all on somewhat of a timeline that I have in mind. As far as the boat goes I have been working pretty hard this week so far on it. I made templates for the bunk, the v-berth partition, port and starboard cabinet faces and counter tops. I did have Glenn's help for a bit to make a few templates which was nice. Once I had all my templates ready I transferred them all over and cut them out. After cutting out the cabinet faces I took the time to plan out what I'm going to do with each one. The port side cabinet (which will also be my chart table) I measured and drew out a compartment that will be underneath the cork board counter top that will hold my charts, laptop, and hopefully all my navigation tools. Over the last two evenings I have started putting the v-berth partition and bunk face into place with filler and will hopefully be glassing them into place within the next few days. I have been putting some late nights in on the boat lately (2-3am) which just seems to be the best time for me to work on it lately. Since I can't seem to sleep lately it's kind of helped keep my mind off the things that seem to haunt me most nights. The boat unfortunately has to be moved back out to my aunts house at the stateline on friday so it will make working on the boat that much harder for me. The idea of cleaning all of my junk out of one of the 1/4 berths and sleeping on it some nights has been running through my head. I think that if I can stay motivated I should be able to be finished to the point of being able to sail by mid to late October...hopefully. I want to make sure to thank any of you that take the time to read my obnoxiously long posts sometimes. This seems to be a bit of a way for me to reach out to the outside world. I'll try to do my best at being more entertaining occasionally. I have just been feeling a bit stressed out lately and somewhat down. But just remember that no matter who you are I still wish you only the best things in life everyday. Have a great day!

-Jesse

P.S.-I am very happy to report that Kevin & Phil have both taken on new sailboat projects of their own. I'm happy and excited to see them getting into working on sailboats and taking an interest in sailing. I see the three of us hopefully having some great sailing stories to share in the years to come.

Kevin & Jordyn helping out on the boat.

Helping Kevin load up his new Vanguard. (He got a deal he couldn't refuse)

Getting the face of the "Annie Bunk" on.