Just a little bit...

Yeah I know. I haven't written anything in a while. Mostly its been because I have been sick, tired, too busy reading, or just plain blah. I'm getting a little better. Yesterday I had to come home from work early. I had a major migraine with my ear hurting as well. It was like two major explosions in my head that clashed against each other. I laid down to take a nap around 11:30 am and didn't wake up until 6 pm. That was only so I could pee and grab a bite to eat. Then back to bed. It hurt to breath, blink and everything was slow-mo. I had a hard time thinking or even forming sentences. Yeah it was a bad one. I still have the headache (it's been hanging around for almost a week now) but it's manageable. 

Last week I had my right eardrum blasted by someone making a pipe. I was sitting below the speaker when the pipe went off. It wouldn't have been bad if he wasn't so damn loud. I think the people at the other end of the base heard him. So of course I felt that dreadful "pop" in my ear and it hurt for 5 days. I was scared because it started off just like my left ear did. (A couple of years ago I had was near a horn when it went off and after 6 excrutiating months the doctors were able to determine it was nerve damage due to acuostic trama. It still hurts when it gets too cold.) Thankfully it isn't as bad and it only hurt for the few days. I can't catch a break.

Nothing else exciting has happened. We get ready to leave to get the boat fixed here soon. We will be out of commission for about a month. Supposedly we are still going to do some small boat adventures  but we'll see how that works out. Everything like to break. Speaking of breaking, the makers of our red gears (reduction gears-takes the rotation of from the engine to the propellers) have found that there is a factory flaw in the design and it effects every FRC being built. They have found a solution, but I have a feeling that it will just turn out to be a failure just like our engines.

On a good note the PUR filter I bought finally came in and I installed it on the sink on the mess deck. Now I can have filtered water for my coffee instead of having to get bottled water. I can finally drink the potable water without my stomach getting upset. I also bought the best polish EVER. 3M Marine Metal Restorer & Polish. It's like porn in a can, only for BM's. Because we get off on shiny shit. Haha. I took our bell which was so oxidized. It took me less than a quarter of amount of time it wpuld take me with Never-Dull. OMG! This shit is amazing!!!! You should buy some. Although it cost $23 for a small jar. But it only takes a little bit of polish and it is sooooooo worth it. Best stuff I have come across in my 6+ years in the Coast Guard.

Couldn't find the picture of the bell, but here is where I was polishing my "knocker"