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Basically life did change, and in so many ways, obviously the Caribbean is much prettier than Ohio, but the pressures and time issues we're under, often seem the same, we're still trying to meet deadlines, always racing against the clock, trying to finish jobs, and make repairs, find spare parts etc, etc, and don't forget that dealing with anything in the Caribbean takes so much longer than doing the same thing on land.
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| Beautiful Bocas Marina |
The traveling is an absolute nightmare, dealing with the airlines is enough to try anyone's patience, but then once we're on the boat and surrounded by the immense beauty of the islands, all the pressures seem to melt away, at least for a while, and when life gets really frustrating we just go for a swim, or take the dinghy around the island and admire the sights, so life really could be much worse. If I could just eliminate all the mosquitoes and noseeums, life would be pretty good.
Right now we're under pressure to get all the jobs we're working on finished, so we can set sail down island back to Colon, Panama where the family is flying in for Christmas. Bob had plenty of time when he was here last month to finish all the jobs, but then had to leave the boat in a hurry when his Mum had her stroke, so now we're really up against the clock again, and the pressure is on (again). However, each job we start seems to lead to another, and another, it's never ending, we just can't seem to get out from under the pressure. Everywhere we turn there's another bill to pay or problem to fix, much the same as it was before we moved onto the boat, in fact I think living on a boat is way more expensive than living in a house, but at least I'm never bored.
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| J.B's Restaurant at Bocas Marina |
I'm grateful to be in such a beautiful part of the world, mosquitoes or no mosquitoes, problems or no problems...
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