Captain Pam!

Captain Pam
Today was haul out. I finally earned captain Pam.
Normally at the last dock they drove your boat or they pushed the boat with a power dinghy and would bring the boat to get hauled out. Here I met John. I asked "How do you do it here?" my worst fear his answer," you back it up for us". I replied, " do you back it up? I am a new boat owner." He said "bring it around back it up the best you can and we will catch you with your dock lines. " my heart was pounding! I told Ben what John had said. Ben said "oh you can do it." But I have never done it before. In theory I could do it... I think. So john I think went to get two more guys to help catch me. (a total of four men standing at the haul out slip  my heart pounding  , i had a lump in my throat and i actually was nervous shaking just slightly  But I did not need anyones helped I backed it in perfectly and I mean perfectly. I was getting close and John said, " good job captain!" I smiled huge on the inside!! This was the first guy to call me captain during the whole summer. I watched as we would dock other places and men call each other Captain all the time. On the radio they address each other captain. Never have I been called captain all summer and there were times it could have happened. I think they have called ben captain on the radio and at dock. But not me. Even though I've always been the driver and the person that brings the money in to pay and the guy that writes in the log book. So here was John he said I backed it up better than guys that had been boating for 15 years. I did not get a big head cuz I knew there was no wind. Add a 3 mph wind and I'd have problems. But I'm happy with my end of year accomplishment! So what there was no wind. I still backed up a monsterly big boat that does not like to back.
I am so tired emotionally and physically. This morning I scrubed the deck. All the fiberglass. Tired! Then a guy from the boatyard showed us about our engine and how to maintenance it! Fun. I learned so much about the engine.  Way cool. My brain hurts today from all that work. Deanna and Dave are here to pick us up. So we went out to eat at cocomos. Tomorrow we need to get up early and finish a few tasks. Right now they all are dnghying o. The biopbosphoresence bay. I stayed back to get to bed. I'm getting old when sleep sounds better than playing in the bay. 
God has blessed me and keeps blessing me. ! Amen 
Owen is happy to be on the hard
Pam