Day 17 Supplemental - Itchy and Scratchy

Tea Count 1
Injuries 0
Time Spent 2 Hours
Stickiness factor 10/10

In order to have any chance of meeting my self imposed launch date of March 17th I decided to put some evening shifts in. A couple of hours here and there should go some way to helping me achieve my deadline. This decision was not taken lightly as time off at the moment is sparse as work has been particularly good lately. The pressure to meet my launch date has been getting quite intense from various quarters. Not least of which is our party planned for the 17th which is supposed to be both a birthday and launch party, hopefully it still will be both. One friend heaped on the pressure on monday night by informing me that he had invested in bread with which to feed the ducks on launch day. You know who your are "H" and I will do all I can not to let you down but if I do, I will at the very least reimburse you for the bread.

So last Tuesday evening I donned my now ever so poxie stained overalls and gave half number one a second coat of resin on her bottom:-). This proved far easier than the first coat which I applied to glass cloth. After diligently reading some advice I kept my resin warm and kept the coat thin and this did go most of the way to avoiding runs and sags in the resin. It's still damn tricky stuff to apply evenly though especially on curved surfaces like boats.

I don't seem to be helping my own deadline much as now the boat is approaching completion I'm adding in some luxury extras. The first of these is of the obligatory beverage holders, yes you read it correctly folks, beverage holders. If luxury cars have them then so should my canoe.

On to health issues now. I am undecided if it's the remnants of the loft insulation on my overalls collar or poxie fumes and resin from the boat but my neck feels like a Simpsons spin off cartoon, that's itchy and scratchy to the non Bartonians. It's been like it for a couple weeks now and the rash is a little unsightly. More unnervingly the itching is equally as bad under my eyes on my cheekbones and now on my eye lids. Let me tell you itchy eye lids is no fun at all not least of all because I keep missing the footy. I have to close my eyes to have a good rub and on opening them everything is very blurry indeed.. Today I've missed two goals that I am aware of. If anyone has any medical knowledge of how to alleviate fiber glass/resin induced dermatitis I'll gladly take the advice.