The marina was very busy this summer, except for those few days when the weather was bad. But even on those days I had maintenance chores to keep me busy: power-washing the pontoon boats, replacing worn boards on the docks, etc. Now, post-Labor Day, business has fallen off the cliff. On Sunday the wind was blowing so no one wanted to be on the lake. No rentals, no gas sales. And no maintenance chores. The resort is planning to replace the docks next year, so no more dock maintenance is needed. The pontoon boats are all clean and the minor maintenance tasks have all been completed. What to do, what to do?
Sudoku. For about an hour.
Reading. But the book I am on now hasn’t piqued my interest yet. Another hour.
That leaves about 8 hours to fill. Fortunately the marina office has a fine internet connection. Also, fortunately, it was the first week of the NFL season, the Red Sox were fighting for first place in Toronto and my four fantasy baseball teams could all be monitored as the real games were being played. Thanks to the internet, I was able to follow the play-by-play progress of all of these in real time. It brightened an otherwise very dull day.
There were some very exciting, nail-biter NFL games, the Red Sox won a back-and-forth affair on a Big Papi homer and my fantasy teams all did very well (one has a 27-game lead in a 12-team league!).
Thanks, internet, for entertaining me at “work”.