Another Week

Today is Saturday and I basically had most of the day off. I did some running around and picked up a FEDEX package that was suppose to arrive 2 weeks ago. The islanders have no sense of urgency at all and I'm going to have to learn to deal with that.

I stopped and got a hair cut at some beauty shop that had a sign that said unisex and black and white. I figured that included me. There were a few black women getting some hair treatment when I stepped inside. No one spoke english so I pointed to me head. They shoock their heads and motioned for me to sit down. I waited a few mintues and then one of the ladies asked me to sit in a make shift barber chair. I indicated short with my fingers and she pulled out some sheers and took a swipe and asked me if it was okay. She basically cut it to the scalp and I figured what the heck. It cost $2.50 so I left her $5 and she was pretty excited.

I also stopped at the store and bought some more stuff to eat. When I stopped the other day the dairy isle was almost empty and today it had a huge selection of stuff including tub margarine and yogurt. I stocked up on both. I found something packaged like frozen hamburger (the rolled package type) and it said is was 90/10 so I bought some of it too. Again the label was in spanish so I hope it's hamburger. I also found some ice cream that didn't look like it melted and re-froze so I bought some of that too. I didn't think about the 1 hour drive home so it was pretty soft when I got back but I think it will be okay. I'll have to take a cooler next time I buy frozen food. Some of this stuff is pretty expensive so my food bill will be pretty high.

I found this little hole in the wall place that sells frozen chicken and other things but there is so much frost on the packages I can't tell what's inside. The labels if any are in Spanish. I didn't buy anything there.

The kitchen is preparing food for 60 or more guests tonight plus staff members so I didn't get lunch but I made a turkey sandwich on my own. There is some sort of youth group visiting today that is doing some kind of volunteer church work. It will be interesting to see how this works out since the kitchen usually serves about 20 to 30.

We have 10 divers this week so it will be another busy one. I hope the weather is a lot better than last week and we can dive on this side of the island. Last week the weather was so bad at one point that the boat anchor ripped up the coral and got bent.