Find the Cruise Ship!

Wow! It's Friday again already! The last week has gone by so fast. Tony and I have been recovering from the cleaning job we did last weekend at the B&B below us. My mom will be staying there starting Sunday. Anyway, this morning I was awakened (awoken?) by the very loud sound of a cruise ship horn!! Only in Ketchikan can you look out your window at 4:45am and see nothing but fog and hear a ship going down the channel. I could not believe I could NOT SEE anything but fog when I looked out. I had to take video to prove it to you all!! And this went on for like 45 minutes! At least 3 ships came in this morning blowing on their horns, going down the channel....there was NO visibility whatsoever. I literally saw NOTHING but fog. It was very eary. Unbelievable! I know and have seen the rocks and mountains (helloooooooo!!!) that are waiting for them. How do they do this? I will be sure to ask our friend, Chris, who is training to be a "SeaPilot" the next time he is in town. He's a captain on the ferry so I'm sure he's done this a thousand times with the ferry boat. Below is what a normal day (if you don't count the sunshine) looks like when the ships are coming in!

This was taken literally while I sat at my kitchen table getting ready for work! Nice, huh???

So, as I was saying, this week has gone so fast. Work has been crazy-busy as I've been trying to beat my deadline for billings, which is normally the 10th or 11th depending on the day of the week, since I'm taking three days off next week while my mom is here. My job is very tedious and demanding at times. It requires a lot of concentration and what I call "paper shuffling". You wouldn't think this would be so exhausting but mentally, it is. And when you are under the gun it can be somewhat stressful. However, knowing my mom will be here in a few days, has really kept my attitude in check. I am SO excited!

Tony has been busy, too. He is very much looking forward to this weekend. All the major chores have been done and we are ready for company! We bought a new BBQ grill yesterday so we are set. :)

Jake's last day at daycare for the summer is today. Lori, our daycare provider, is going on vacation so he will be home with us until school starts on Aug. 28th. I took some pictures of him at Judo the other night. Tuesday was his last session for a while since Soccer will be starting up here shortly.

Is that a girl he's pinning down? Yikes! :)

Jake and his buddy, Nolan Meyer!

The last week has also brought gorgeous sunshine and warm temperatures! You would think this would make me very happy, and it has to a certain extent, but all good things must come to an end and with my mother coming....well, you see where I'm going with this! We will probably be fishing in the rain (sorry mom!) I am really praying that the forecast is wrong or that if it does start raining again that it won't last. I really hope Dan, mom's boyfriend, gets to see how beautiful it is here when it's sunshining! They are here until the 18th so more than likely we'll get at least a few days of nice weather (I hope!)

One last item of note...John and Denise Turley went back to POW last weekend. I got a chance to go out on their sailboat for a short cruise up the channel before John took off. It was just us girls...Denise has her captain's license. We didn't actually sail b/c John wasn't with us and I don't know the first thing about sailing but it was still fun to take a little cruise and be out on the water. It took about an hour and a half to get to our house and anchor up out front. I wish I had video of me getting into the little dingy. It was quite scary and something I've never done before. Denise had to row me to shore and it was a very windy day so the water wasn't very nice. But we made it and John came home shortly thereafter and took the boat to POW. Anyway, it was nice to have that last little bit of time chatting with Denise and getting to know her better. I'm hoping to go visit them someday on POW. Jake would LOVE it! John and Denise are the parents of Jackie and Lily that I posted about earlier. Jake really got attached to Jackie and misses her a great deal. Anywhoooooooo....here's a shot of the sailboat!

OK...never mind. Blogger isn't cooperating this morning! Shots of the boat later. OK...I'd better go get ready for work anyway. TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll post some pics of me and mom this coming week. Have a great weekend everybody!!!

Love and Hugs~ Nan