The Waiting Game

By Mike Jastrzebski

I’m not a very patient  person and so waiting for the fiberglass on the bottom of the boat to dry out is a frustrating process for me. Since it seems that we will be on the hard until at least mid-April I’ve been thinking about how I want to pass the time.

There’s a nice park next to the marina and Mary and I have been walking the dog every day, but let’s face it, that’s an hour in the morning. I’m working on my taxes and I’ve been reading a lot, but the truth of the matter is that I’ve been putting off the two inevitable things that I need to work on. Writing and boat projects.

I was going to work on the rewrite of Stranded Naked Blues, my new Wes Darling Mystery, but then I took a look at my project list. It’s grown to a full two dozen items I need to take care of before we can take off on the boat again. Since most of these projects can be completed while we’re on the hard I’ve decided that the boat has to come first. Some I can ignore if I have to, but I think I can complete everything in a month. Then it will be time to start on the writing.

Am I the only one out there whose project list seems to grow exponentially, even while I’m sleeping?

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