As the boat breaks

Mar 1 ‘13 1900hrs

Greetings,

It’s been over two months since I’ve written any updates. This is partly because we’ve been very busy, and partly because I get lazy about it. But enough excuses…we have a lot to catch up on.

Since Christmas, we’ve had lots of company,  I made a trip to FL, Johne’s gotten quite a bit of work and is getting more all the time, the water maker has gone down twice, one inverter stopped working, one alternator stopped working, the welder stopped working, the TV stopped working(that may have been before X-mas), the desk top computer stopped working…If it’s not one thing, it’s another.

On Dec 29th our friends Saverio and Rosanna came to spend New Years with us. We had a wonderful time showing them around the Archipelago. They left on the 2nd  and I left for FL on the 6th.

I was up there for almost three weeks working, gathering supplies to bring back (150lbs worth) and visiting with friends. It was a successful, if somewhat stressful, trip.

The day after I got back my sister and brother arrived for a visit. Danile could only stay eight days, but Darrin had three weeks to play. While Danile was here we managed one dive and a couple of snorkels, a chocolate plantation tour, a couple of nature walks that included one sloth sighting and some good visiting. After she left, Darrin and I got several more snorkels and an other dive in, and a road trip which included getting the inverter fixed and zip-lining.

Darrin left on the 17th and we had a few days with just the two of us before Daryl and Marcy arrived with lots of heavy luggage bringing new alternators (that true friendship). They could only stay four days but we packed in lots of fun (as well as replacing an alternator and taking the desk top tower to a computer guy who said he didn‘t have the parts to fix it, but when Johne hooked it back up it started working again. YEA!!!).

Daryl and Marcy left early Wed. morning and since then Johne’s been trouble shooting the welder problem. He’s gotten it to weld again although it’s still not right. But at least he can continue with the job he’s in the middle of. Maybe when we get to Panama City it can see a specialist and be all better. In the mean time we’re back to just us (next company in mid April) and waiting to see what’s going to stop working next.

I’ll try not to take so long before the next installment of “As the boat breaks”. Until then…

Live your dreams,
Susie aeon