Thanksgiving in San Diego

Since it is but two days to Thanksgiving and we are still here, this year it will not be celebrated in Mexico.  Here is the most current, and sorriest reason yet for not leaving - we have to wait for the bank to send us new credit cards.  No, they were not lost and they did not expire.  Mike literally wore his out at West Marine.  The damn thing is about to break in half.  The magnetic strip is damaged.  And of course you cannot just walk into the bank and get a new one.  Not possible!  So we wait.  And wait.  Now that the boat is ready to go, it is terribly frustrating.

My medical tests came back and while the doctor did not label me as officially diabetic, I have to test my blood twice a day and I cannot eat anything that actually tastes good.  Fruit!  Who would have thought they could take that away!  But I am being overly dramatic - it is no worse than Weight Watchers, which I know I can do, and it is sort of interesting to do the blood tests. 

The first time I could not get the machine to work properly, so I had to call customer service.  After the guy on the phone walked me through the recalibration and reset process, he had me do a test.  I left the phone on the settee and went to wash my hands for the test.  Mike wanted to know what I was doing, so I told him I was washing my hands for the test.  He said "Why?  Did they tell you it was not okay just to lick your finger before poking it?"  The guy on the phone heard him, so after that it was just one big phone party with laughing as the guy talked me through the process.  There - enough about my health.

Although we haven 't left yet, I do love living on this boat.  I can clean it from stem to stern in an hour or so, and that includes vacuming.  Even though it is cold (by SoCal standards) we have a space heater.  I still do not miss TV, only when I am sitting around at night and am not in the mood to read or Mikeis talking too much for me to read.  We have watched a couple of movies downloaded from Netflicks, but the internet connection at this marina is not very good.  I know for a fact it is much better at Baja Naval, the marina in Ensenada, but I have to learn how to use a "US Proxy" in order to be able to see Netflicks and Hulu down there.  I have had to learn not to generate clutter, which for anyone that knows me, is something very difficult for me.  Especially paper clutter.  But I have gotten pretty good at it - in fact, junk mail does not leave the post office.

I am currently reading "Kidnappped" by Robert Louis Stevenson.  I never read it as a kid.  I am really enjoying it.  After this will come "Robinson Crusoe."  I love my Kindle!  It broke once, but I called Amazon and again there was a person on the end of the line to talk me through the reset process.  I feel bad for anyone who actually reads this - we haven't done anything noteworthy.  But please stay with me - I promise it will get better!