Time is creeping along, but we are getting a lot closer to actually leaving. Yesterday we cleaned out the vee berth - like I said, it took about 20 minutes. Mike cleaned and reorganized his tool closet and tool locker - let's see how long that lasts, he never puts anything in the same place twice.
On that note, one of my best skills is finding things that are lost. I am very good at it. I have a system that almost never fails. First I think about the object, figuring out what it is used for and where we might use it. Then I staart systematically searching those places and most of the time I find it right away. (This of course is after Mike has torn the place apart trying to find it.) If I do not find it, I think about the last time it was used and what it was being used for, and then search wherever I didn't search before. If that doesn't work, I think about all the things that might have gone wrong and caused it to end up someplace weird. I know it sounds simple, but people rarely look for things that way. When I was a clerical worker, I was renowned for my ability to locate lost case files. And the reason I am so good at this is because when I was a kid, my mom would go apeshit everytime something went missing, even something as stupid as a plastic comb. I got really tired of getting screamed at, and I didn't seem to be able to make things stop disappearing, so I got really good at finding things. It just takes a logical, systematic approach.
I just discovered the milk is frozen! I will have to move it further away from the freezer unit. In the new fridge, we have a bigger freezer compartment, which means the fridge part is smaller. I don't think it will be a problem. Mike also accidentally froze some beer - but he thawed it out and drank it anyway. But I would rather have to worry about stuff freezing when it shouldn't than have to worry about things thawing when they shouldn't. When we emailed the guy in Mazatlan who sold us all the fridge parts and also included step by step hand written instructions and told him Mike had done everything but the charging and vacuming, he was impressed and told Mike he would hire him any time. I was impressed to, but not surprized. One thing Mike can do is fix pretty much anything. The only thing he will not work on here on the boat is the engine, and that only because we don't have the tools to do so. That was why he didn't charge and vacume the new fridge - it requires special equipment that is expensive and (more importantly) large and bulky.
I just read a blog from some cruisers who just left El Salvador - I am so excited to get there! They took a three day tour of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatamala. I don't like such whirlwind tours, I want to spend some time in each place. All three places have a lot of Mayan ruins to see, as well as beautiful flora and fauna. It does appear a bit rougher than Mexico, but we will get used to that. It took me awhile to get used to seeing armed soldiers here, as I am not comfortable around guns, but I did become accustomed to it.
Anyway - this is all for today. Happy Easter to everyone!
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." (Marilyn Monroe)
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