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| Make sure to read the posted sign! |
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| Rooster and hen up a tree |
After everyone rested for a while, we called for a taxi to head to dinner. We were shocked at the rudeness of the dispatcher, the driver who couldn't follow directions and was late, as well as the condition of the taxi. not only were all the warning lights on, but every bump blasted the radio! We though by calling 45 minutes early, we woulld arrive at least 15 minutes eatly. Instead, we were 2 minutes late for our 6:15 reservation at Santiago's Bodega. Thankfully, it wasn't a problem. We were seated immediately.
The food here is simply outrageous; beautifully presented tapas that are delicious. Our server took our initial order for 4 different dishes. As we finished one, the next one came out. We found ourselves rushing a little instead of enjoying the relaxed atmosphere. After speaking with our server, the pace slowed with the dishes that followed. It was wonderful to enjoy 12 different dishes. Some were meatless dishes while others weren't. All of us opted to have the crapes with chocolate and strawberries for dessert. None of us regretted out choice! When the bill arrived everyone was astounded. The amount of food, with drinks and coffee and tip was about $40/person.
We opted for an UBER ride home. It was soooo...much better!
Sunday, 2/9/20 ~ We enjoyed our Jewish Breakfast today al fresco. We set up in the cockpit enjoying the warm temperatres and gentle breezed. Unfortunately, noon came around too soon. It was time for Ann and Howie to head home. By choosing to travel earlier in the day, they should avoid most of the weekend traffic heading north.
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| The fishing fleet was smaller than in the past |
We ate dinner in the cockpit and enjoyed relaxing and reading until the No Seeums made themselves known, So instead, we went below and enjoyed a few more episodes of Star Trek: Discovery.
Monday, 2/10/20 ~ Today things were back to normal. Pete has a very busy week ahead with work. He started work around 7:30 this morning to be ready for a 9 AM conference call. He worked until 6 dealing with problems.
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| Tethered buoy and cloud reflections |
I was able to walk around, take a few photos, exercise, shower, then be a lady of leisure. I spent about 4 hours in the cockpit reading the book 3 in the Outlander Series.
With Pete and George still at it, I took Bailey for her after dinner walk. We met a cople of new furry friends. Gracey is a 25 lb, skinny mut, with an attitude. She gets on Bailey's nerves with her nervousness. Taz is a beautiful, 130 lb, African Mastiff, who likes almost all dogs, with the exception of the tiny ones. Reggea is a 85 lb, yellow lab like Bailey, who is also a sweetheart. There is a dog park here, but we actually met at the top of our dock.
After dinner, I watched someTV while Pete slept on the sofa. It really was a brain drain kinda day. I woke him up at 9:30 to go to bed.
Tuesday, 2/11/20 ~ Pete had another full day. I was able to exercise and work on the blog.
Around 4, I started to make a make sausage & totillini caserole (I mixed it in a pot rather than bake it and allowed the mozzarella to melt on top of the mixed dinner.) We were up at the meeting spot for 45 minutes before we decided to head back to the boat. Nobody showed! There were people gathered on some of the boats, but nothing was said about change of venue. So . . . we had a great dinner AND I have 2 more great dinners in the freezer for another night.
We also used the time to empty out the car and reload the aft cabin again. Since I have a system for the placement of the stuff, we were done rather quickly.
We were able to get in another 2 episodes of Star Trek; Discovery. It is only offered on CBS All Access. It is frustrating that even though we pay for TV, we still don't have access to a lot of programming. The way things look, we will need to subscribe to each channel individually. It is terribly frustrating knowing that TV used to be free. Currently, we are waiting until the end of the season and purchase the entire season on Blue Ray. We had opted to forgo watching a lot of interesting programming due to limited TV reception or the fact that the only way to see it is to subscribe to a service like HULU or NETFLIX, both of which require strong internet service with addequate bandwith, not usually found in most marinas. Or if it is offered, we get knocked off due to so many boats using the bandwith. As a reslt, our fall back is HGTV and a few other network programs.
Wednesday, 2/12/20 ~ While Pete and George worked, I had errands to run. I checked on the internet for local medicl labs and found 2. Unfortunately, the first one didn't have any address or contact information, When I found the second, it is now closed. So I called the Lower Keys Medical Center and found out that the hospital does routine lab work through the Outpateint Clinic. It was nice using the front door intead of the ER which I have used twice before on previous visits here to Key West. Once done, I stopped at Publix for a number of items,
With the heat and humidity and I decided to lay low for the rest of the day. A good day for reading.
My doctor's office called to discuss the results from the blood work earlier today. My levels are high and she suggested the modifications. After dinner I did some research on medication interactions and found that one of the over the counter drugs I take will interfere with one of my presecitions, and might have caused an irregularity. I will speak with the pharmacist and doctor's office tomorrow.
Thursday, 2/13/20 ~ With a list in hand of all my prescriptions and over the counter meds, I spoke with the pharmacist. She agreed with the one med I had found, but also suggested another OTC that might also interfere with my prescrition. I contactred my doctor's office and will wait for the repeated test on Friday and discuss resuming the medication.
Pete and George were able to break around lunch. They are finished for the day. So, Pete invited me to take a ride and get a qick bite to eat. We opted for pizza. Afterwards we headed downtown to walk the harbor andstop in at West Marine. It was a great day for walking.
We got back aroud 3 and settled down to dosome reading. Pete's reading was cut short due to so work question.
Once again Pete crashed and burned after dinner. He had said it was going to be an intense week. I even took Bailey for her last walk of the day. I finally woke him up at 10 to head to bed.
Friday, 2/14/20 ~ As I went to get up this morning, I found my first Valintine's Day Card. Pete was already prepping for an 8:30 meeting that was cancelled.
After breakfast, I headed out to repeat my blood work. Then I headed over to an eye glass place to have the pads on my glasses replaced, then back to Publix to get the items I need for our speial dinner. It has become almost a tradition to have sausage, meatball and shrimp parmasian for very special occasion. Once home, I realized I forgot the shrimp. It is very convienent to have Fishbusterz about 1/4 mile from here. I was able to get freshly caught Key West shrimp. Needless to say, dinner was scrumptious! Unfortunately, there was no room for dessert. That will have to wait until tomorrow.
After dinner, Pete suggested we take a ride up to Islemoralda tomorrow. There is a Bass Pro Shop that has the sandles he is looking for, AND, since we are headed up their way, I also contacted Deb and Mike, SV RESOLVE, in Marathon. We agreed to meet them around noon toorrow and head out to lunch
We chilled the rest of the evening.
~ ~ ~ /) ~ ~ P & K
With Pete and George still at it, I took Bailey for her after dinner walk. We met a cople of new furry friends. Gracey is a 25 lb, skinny mut, with an attitude. She gets on Bailey's nerves with her nervousness. Taz is a beautiful, 130 lb, African Mastiff, who likes almost all dogs, with the exception of the tiny ones. Reggea is a 85 lb, yellow lab like Bailey, who is also a sweetheart. There is a dog park here, but we actually met at the top of our dock.
After dinner, I watched someTV while Pete slept on the sofa. It really was a brain drain kinda day. I woke him up at 9:30 to go to bed.
Tuesday, 2/11/20 ~ Pete had another full day. I was able to exercise and work on the blog.
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| The bees gathered around the "spongy" flower on these palm trees |
We also used the time to empty out the car and reload the aft cabin again. Since I have a system for the placement of the stuff, we were done rather quickly.
We were able to get in another 2 episodes of Star Trek; Discovery. It is only offered on CBS All Access. It is frustrating that even though we pay for TV, we still don't have access to a lot of programming. The way things look, we will need to subscribe to each channel individually. It is terribly frustrating knowing that TV used to be free. Currently, we are waiting until the end of the season and purchase the entire season on Blue Ray. We had opted to forgo watching a lot of interesting programming due to limited TV reception or the fact that the only way to see it is to subscribe to a service like HULU or NETFLIX, both of which require strong internet service with addequate bandwith, not usually found in most marinas. Or if it is offered, we get knocked off due to so many boats using the bandwith. As a reslt, our fall back is HGTV and a few other network programs.
Wednesday, 2/12/20 ~ While Pete and George worked, I had errands to run. I checked on the internet for local medicl labs and found 2. Unfortunately, the first one didn't have any address or contact information, When I found the second, it is now closed. So I called the Lower Keys Medical Center and found out that the hospital does routine lab work through the Outpateint Clinic. It was nice using the front door intead of the ER which I have used twice before on previous visits here to Key West. Once done, I stopped at Publix for a number of items,
With the heat and humidity and I decided to lay low for the rest of the day. A good day for reading.
My doctor's office called to discuss the results from the blood work earlier today. My levels are high and she suggested the modifications. After dinner I did some research on medication interactions and found that one of the over the counter drugs I take will interfere with one of my presecitions, and might have caused an irregularity. I will speak with the pharmacist and doctor's office tomorrow.
Thursday, 2/13/20 ~ With a list in hand of all my prescriptions and over the counter meds, I spoke with the pharmacist. She agreed with the one med I had found, but also suggested another OTC that might also interfere with my prescrition. I contactred my doctor's office and will wait for the repeated test on Friday and discuss resuming the medication.
Pete and George were able to break around lunch. They are finished for the day. So, Pete invited me to take a ride and get a qick bite to eat. We opted for pizza. Afterwards we headed downtown to walk the harbor andstop in at West Marine. It was a great day for walking.
We got back aroud 3 and settled down to dosome reading. Pete's reading was cut short due to so work question.
Once again Pete crashed and burned after dinner. He had said it was going to be an intense week. I even took Bailey for her last walk of the day. I finally woke him up at 10 to head to bed.
Friday, 2/14/20 ~ As I went to get up this morning, I found my first Valintine's Day Card. Pete was already prepping for an 8:30 meeting that was cancelled.
After breakfast, I headed out to repeat my blood work. Then I headed over to an eye glass place to have the pads on my glasses replaced, then back to Publix to get the items I need for our speial dinner. It has become almost a tradition to have sausage, meatball and shrimp parmasian for very special occasion. Once home, I realized I forgot the shrimp. It is very convienent to have Fishbusterz about 1/4 mile from here. I was able to get freshly caught Key West shrimp. Needless to say, dinner was scrumptious! Unfortunately, there was no room for dessert. That will have to wait until tomorrow.
After dinner, Pete suggested we take a ride up to Islemoralda tomorrow. There is a Bass Pro Shop that has the sandles he is looking for, AND, since we are headed up their way, I also contacted Deb and Mike, SV RESOLVE, in Marathon. We agreed to meet them around noon toorrow and head out to lunch
We chilled the rest of the evening.
~ ~ ~ /) ~ ~ P & K
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