We’ve never eaten so many meals at home in our entire lives. Man, what we’d all (and especially Ali) give for some Mexican street cart tacos complete with no dishes to do afterwards.
Back on Ouest’s birthday Ali hid ten dollars around the boat, all in plain view and all in the saloon area. The kids found the first five one-dollar bills right off, but for the life of them they couldn’t find the fiver. Ali had rolled it up tight and stuck it in the VHF’s cord. For some reason this made it virtually impossible to see. I only knew it was there because she told me. As the months dragged on we would tease them about it and they would scramble around the room, often staring directly at the VHF, but somehow never see it. The other day Ouest, now ten-and-a-half, was just lying on the floor staring up when it finally caught her eye.
We never got masks or gloves. By the time we realized what was going on they were all long gone. A friend made and sent us some, though, and they quickly did double duty as dress-up clothes.
The kids wrote and directed this movie which, as you can probably guess, was coronavirus related.
Puerto Rico has the most predictable weather of anywhere I’ve ever been. Every morning is dead calm. By nine the wind starts to pick up and is soon blowing a steady 15-20 knots. And by bedtime it has calmed to 5 knots. This predictability sort of adds to the “Groundhog Day” effect of the virus lockdown.
It’s a happy day as parents seeing Ouest enjoy books so much that she even wants to learn more about the authors.
By this point it looks highly unlikely that we’ll make it any further this season. It’s doubtful that any of the islands south of us will be opening up before hurricane season rolls around. We may still get lucky at some point and be able to at least pop over to the USVIs, but we’re not counting on it. The BVIs have already said forget about it until at least June or later. So, Puerto Rico will likely be home for a while. We’ll seek permission at some point to at least switch from Salinas to somewhere else around the island for a change of scenery, but that won’t be all that exciting. Certainly not what we had in mind for this season. Though who couldn’t say that? Oh well, we have each other, and we’ll make the most of it.
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All I can say is the kids look great and appear to be taking things in stride. Especially like the masks. Better than my bandana that’s for sure. Glad you’re all safe and healthy. Those tacos will be the best when you get them. I already miss the tacos in AZ. Not sure if I’ll be able to travel south this winter or not. We will see I guess.
Yup, not much to say these days. I’m not sure we took a photo this week. Maybe I will put the kids on that – for a change of pace.
Happy you are in a good spot as well – and you aren’t kidding tacos, not made by me will be the best thing EVER.
We will all see what happens for traveling south come winter. Ugh.
10 1/2? Where did that decade go?
Crazy, right! They say nothing measures time more than your kids growing up, or counting out until retirement starts. And I tell you I sure don’t feel 10 1/2 years older myself. I think I have the same shorts and tank top on… 🙂
Priceless…Play play play is the secret to life…that goes for the adults in the room as well!!
go get’m tiger(s)!
ps still might be going to PR…dredging out main port for ships and stuff! not likely to cross paths, but you never know! sure would be nice to meet “the” family. i so enjoy the commentary and life thru pics….blessings, scott
Cool, Scott! Should things open up, be great to finally meet up! How long do they think you will be here for to finish the job? Keep us in the loop for sure.
Great masks! I look forward to the movie premiere!
I don’t recall if you’ve been there, but Culebra is a great place to go if you need a change of scene without going too far.
Hi David, oh yes we hung out in Culebra. Had some fun for sure. Still hopeful that we will get out there for a bit this season before holing up for hurricane season. https://www.bumfuzzle.com/february-2007/
We too are still stuck at home. Lots of projects here to keep us occupied. Some of the components are tricky to get; but we are making it work. Miss family terribly. We’ve been breaking the rules a bit to see my Mom. She is 81 and lives alone. We have been over a couple times to help with yard work. No hugging hello and goodbye. We’ve all been quarantined for weeks; except for the grocery store. So, we tell ourselves we are good.
I miss my Grandkids. Baby Hannah is 8 months old. We missed seeing her in Jan-Feb because we were both sick. I feel like she will no longer be a baby and will be walking when we see her next. I have been face timing with the 5 and 7 year old Grandkids. I’ve started to read them books and that helps. Helps Mom and Dad too who are still working from home as well.
We too miss eating out. We didn’t do it often pre Covid; but enough that there is a hole there. I sympathize with Ali; I am tired of cooking too. If the weather here in Michigan would just improve; we could at least eat out on the patio occasionally. It’s been an unusually cold April. It is snowing as I type. This too shall pass.
Take care!
I’d trade places with you in a nano-second. You’ve got great kids, and you are wonderful parents. The glass is truly half-full for you guys, not half empty. Please continue to check in from time-to time. This too shall pass. 😉
You are lucky you are in a place with little COVID-19 compared to USA. Better to stay where you are till this is over.
I don’t know geographically exactly where you are in Puerto Rico, but you might want to google ‘Dead Dog Beach.’ I know you guys are animal lovers and maybe you can get involved in some way to help.
PR is really taking a huge hit with an already stricken economy from hurricane and earthquakes. It may look like paradise where you are but the PR population is going thru hell. PR is trying to halt flights in from NY, NJ and Florida where all the PR’s fled to after Maria! Good luck down there.