Lucky guy
Last Sunday a couple came into the shop while I was working. We got to chatting, and after a while the guy says, “we’ve got this time share condo on the water for a whole week, but we can only use it for the weekend. How would you like to have it for the rest of the week? It’s huge, has a pool, a sauna, and a jacuzzi bath!”
I said, “well, ok.”
It was a very nice place, and it was wonderful to have a king sized bed instead of my little rabbit warren.
There’s the Pell bridge beyond the fishing docks. Not a bad little view, eh?
Then on Wednesday, an excellent shipwright returned my call about working for him part time, and he agreed to hire me. I went in today and had a great time. He’s the kind of boss to just hand you a project and trust that you’ll ask for help if you need it. At the same time, he also gave some very good pointers about things I wouldn’t have thought about, so I didn’t screw anything up. I’ll try to work for him a few more days before the holidays as well. I think I’m going to learn a ton there. He’s already got me working on a project that I’m blown away by… scarfing a new segment on stem onto a Herreschoff 12 1/2. This is a job that takes HUGE precision as far as I can tell, and involves a lot of very tricky cuts. Nothing like jumping in with both feet!
Then on Friday we had a yankee swap (gift exchange) and I ended up with 5 lottery tickets. I thought my luck was so good that I’d score huge. I ended up with $2. Ok, it’s not a fortune, but it’s not bad really. Beats a poke in the eye.