The cruise was wonderful. It was just what I needed… pure relaxation. On the boat, cruisers are treated like babies… rocked to sleep each night, entertained constantly and fed every three to four hours. The only way to be bored is to choose to be that way. Eating that much (and that often) is nearly an Olympic event… and it’s exhausting. I’m afraid to step on the scale! Continue reading
Today, I took the day off work. Today, I joined in with all the touristy stuff. Today, we went to the Kennedy Space Center, and I wanted to share just a few images of my Mamaw.
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The first is at breakfast, before we started our day.
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Our generous cousin has loaned us his condo for the week. It’s a beautiful little place all bright and white and window-laden. It meets my “tiny house” criteria of having a low square footage, having an open and airy floor plan and is designed to bring the outdoors indoors. I like. A LOT.
Right now, I’ve taken a jog of a few yards from the front door of the condo to the onsite restaurant. I was in search of a wi-fi connection so I could upload and download a few files a little quicker than my air card can do this work. But, when I stepped into the restaurant, I decided I’d work here a bit and grab dinner, even without access to wi-fi.
Today, I was delighted to meet one of our cousin’s friends. This gentleman, Dave, came by to loan us a couple metal detectors and to impart his treasure-hunting wisdom. He also brought us milk and bread to help facilitate our breakfast and to save us the need to venture out before eating. (How nice!) He wore a Spanish silver coin framed in gold around his neck and had a pocketful of coins to show us what we were trying to find. He treasure-hunts professionally and is a diver as well.
He gave us lessons on finding treasure. For one thing, he told us that waving the detector back and forth well above the top of the sand (the way we always see it done on the beach) is NOT the way to find a treasure. He demonstrated how to keep the sensor paddle grazing the top of the surface of the sand for better results, rather than swinging it side-to-side like a weed-whacker. He also told us not to toss little blackened flat rocks that we find into the ocean. He says lots of people skip these “false positives” back into the water, not realizing that they did, indeed, find treasure. … and that these are actually silver coins that merely need to be cleaned.
We arrived in Florida this evening. We decided to drive straight through afterall. It was a good trip, albeit a long one. My grandmother did quite well. Mom, her eldest sister and I did the driving. I should have had a bit more sleep before taking off, but when my workday ended yesterday I’d still not managed to find time to pack and I had a full system backup to complete.
It was late before I managed to crawl into bed. Tonight, I’m enjoying a great new environment and I am actually looking forward to working next week from this vantage point. I can hear the waves from the screened in porch where I have set up my desk on a small table. There’s a cool evening breeze and I’m thinking that working while everyone else is off doing the vacation thing isn’t really going to be so bad afterall — it’s going to be quite nice. Having a mobile office has enabled me to do this. I love the flexibility.