How come there is never enough time to do what needs to be done

On our last set of days off was determined to change the fuel filters on the engine and the genny seeing as the previous days were taken up with my birthday, visiting grandaughter and visiting me old matey in wales. However those days off were taken up by the inlaws visiting.

So I had set myself 5 days off to have a good faff with the filters and what happens, We are expecting visitors again tomorrow. Not that i mind crusing upto the Swan and Bottle at the best of times but it seems the only work on board i have done over the past 3 weeks is polishing up the brass rings on the chimneys and blacking the fenders.

We spent a small fortune at the garden centre the other week coz Swmbo wants to attack our small piece of land and since then its rained almost every day tut!

Well. I have a plan. Its now 4 pm and ive been up exactly 24hrs having finished my 12 hr shift at 7am this morning.....my plan is to survive as long as possible and then hit the sack and wake nice and early tomorrow to gove me ample time to do stuff and things in the engine room while Swmbo is in the land of nod.

Who am i kidding. our guest arrives at 1pm and the most ill probably do is the washing up