Yesterday when we talked with Sean he told us definitely nothing will happen today and they might start maybe Wednesday or thursday. We knew what that meant we've heard it all too much. So Since it's been so hot we decided to do the last spots of bottom paint in the early morning so as to avoid most of the heat. Well luckily we were up by 7am and eating breakfast (eggs and salami) when we heard a knock knock knock on the hull...?... Mike came up the stairs to say, "Hey I'm going to be working on your boat for 2 hours this morning!" Exciting!!! Come aboard! then John came by to say, "Hey when do you want to go in the water today!"  TODAY?!!! Yippy.  we scurried around getting everything ready for the water. Paint - check! ready! The big lift came and plopped us in the water. John I have talked about before. He is a very hard worker... He is the most visible.  The other workers are hard workers too but he happens to be the most visible. He is running here and putting big expensive boats in the water... running there and power washing the bottoms. He set the stands for the boats to rest on.  All this is on his shoulders. He is fast yet slow and meticulous all at the same time. He has a one year old boy named Trenton, and one on the way. His wife's brother just got in an accident and will need two years of rehab! A truck ran over him as he was walking down the road! So his wife is going to be with him for a while and John now is holding down the home fort.  He pretty much works 6 days a week 10 hrs a day like most of the guys and some guys work on Sunday too!!! Here are some fun pictures of our day.  Don't worry about Lila during the day she goes and hides in the cool forest areas or under the ladies deck near the bathroom.  At night she comes home.  So we will go looking for her before dark so we can train her were the boat is.  last time we moved from the North to the front she was confused for the first day. She went back to the old place and one boater back there brought her to us.  Then ben walked with her 3 or 4 times to the boat and away from the boat.  We moved the ladder from one side to the other and she looked confused for a minute then followed along. so we will do the same thing tonight.  She has been so hot with us. She just lays there and looks at us as if to say, "Why do you stay in here when it is so hot?" 

After all the excitement.  AFter we made sure the boat thru holes where all holding out the water, after the engine was good, oil checked, we then decided to seek a little refuge and find wifi where we can also call the office and have a conference call.  This was our third one of this nature and I think we have gotten the hang of conference calls.  the first one  was hard for me to connect since I could not "see" everyone, plus the connection was bad. the second one was better and this one I felt like I was in the office with everyone.  Hi everyone! I miss you all.  It was good to hear your voices and your conversations! thanks Anne, Erin, Jacquie, Katie, and Melissa (written in abc order) for all you do holding down the fort at ASLIS/Dycom! Smile Pam!!!