Still Counting Down
25 September 2013 | KDM
Duke
T Minus One Week and Counting:
Day 268/275:
We have moved up our planned departure by a couple of weeks.
The dinghy's painter is secured to BELIEVE and ready for departure; unfortunately, we are still bring stores aboard and addressing other needs, some of which are associated with readying the house we will be leaving. As I look at the task that still need to be addressed, individually, they are minimal; but these many small jobs become one jaw of the vice while the target departure (275) is the other. When an item is checked off the to-do list there is a momentary ease on the vice; but the feeling is short lived, as the pendulum continues to swing.
Will we be ready by the planned departure date? I don't know; we're trying. With so many marbles raddling around, it is disrupting my sleep and upsetting my digestive system. Too often, the time needed to complete a task grows in exponential proportion because of simple mistakes. If I don't make too many mistakes; if the weather doesn't disrupt the work schedule too much; if there aren't any unexpected developments, then we should meet our goal.