November ‘99
*Additional notes may appear in italics after my mom’s initial journal entries.
A ladybug means you should check the comments at the bottom of the page to see what Mom has chimed in on after reading these!
November 1, Monday
Yes! We turned the corner – today they started putting new fiberglass ON the boat!
November 2, Tuesday
No workers today – it’s another one of their holidays. So we visited Bill, Trisha, also Pat and Mikey Speer’s, who are here to clean out their little trailer – they sold it.
Danielle called – her and Ben are expecting a baby the end of June – first of July! Cool.
November 4, Thursday
John and I went for a “sail” today, with Carl and Linda on Fido Pause, a 26’ boat. They are new to all this, so we went out just beyond the main bay and helped with the basics. No wind – Linda likes it that way, too. Neat people.
The workers have all the holes covered up now – she’s looking like she has a float-able bottom again.
November 8, Monday
Happy Bday Aunt Janice.
On Saturday 6th, we went to dinner with Carl and Linda, Fido Pause, at the internet café – Willy, China Moon, and Bob, ?, also joined us. Very enjoyable and great food.
The boat bottom is going back pretty good.
It’s been getting breezy in the afternoons and it’s cool in the shade.
Samie tested in science (A) and grammar (B). She’s starting to get bored here in San Carlos and especially in the house.
*Mom’s migraines strike again. 😩 I don’t know what her headaches have to do with me deserving a CD, unless this is when I started doing my best to help her with the headaches. I’d help massage her temples, neck and shoulders trying to help relieve any built up tension.
November 17, Wednesday
The one side of the boat is almost done with the rebuild and ready for the barrier coat. John is thinking that we might be in the water around the 6th of December.
Bill and Trisha took us, Bruce and Jeannie Tilly (friends of theirs that are here year round) on a sunset cruise aboard Prime Time. It was perfect! It had been slightly foggy all day and made for a beautiful sunset. We even had a whale swimming along at the surface. Then we all had BBQ chicken at the Gibson’s. As always it was a hysterical evening. This time, John had put new cinders in Bill’s BBQ grill and Bill had black smoke billowing and very crispy on the outside chicken.
*I’m glad I went on this outing, even though I don’t remember it. As I approached my teen years, I see how much I chose to stay home and do “more interesting things” like stay glued to the television or play on the computer and whatnot. Of course, I was enjoying my new little freedoms, but it bums me out now, looking back. I guess that’s what teens tend to do though, isn’t it?
* I love when Mom and I have our laughing fits, they’re the best! I can still make her laugh like this!. 😁The last one was when I had her going for nearly 20 minutes with a hill-billy accent and lingo that went on for so long, it nearly stuck!
I absolutely LOVED You’ve Got Mail, and still do. It and When Harry Met Sally are easily my two favorites.
November 23, Tuesday
Well, Duane and Camille Smith and Bill’s mom, Velma drove in on Sunday – Cecil and Joann Berry came in on Monday – let the fun begin. It really is a fun group. Bill’s mom is 82 or something right there – and just a crack up!
Last night we spent a couple hours with them all, Samie too.
Barb and Steve, Blue Chablis, drove in yesterday for a few days.
Goon called this am, they are doing fine. She’s off the pill now, after trying different kinds and all making her sick. She’s gonna go into the at-home business of selling products like my sister Jo. Hope it works out.
November 24, Thursday
San Carlos
Had a nice Thanksgiving dinner with Bill and Trish Gibson, Duane and Camille Smith, Cecil and Joann Berry, Bill’s mom, Velma and 2 more couples.
*Ahhh! The good ol’ days of internet cafés, paying for time online and sometimes not being able to connect! This place also had a selection of movies to rent and a restaurant - a little bit of everything.
Remember when we didn’t have these all-too-convenient cellphones and had to sometimes just go out into the world looking for each other?! My, how the times have changed, my friends! I am grateful to have known at least a little bit of life before the internet and smartphones and all this ever-present technology. As helpful as it is, there was a lot of magic hidden inside the seeming inconveniences of those times in the past.
I forgot about this Wild Hearts movie! It was good, might have to watch that again.
Yes! I loved these games that Barb downloaded for us, they were pretty comical. Take a look: here is Frogapult and Elf Bowling.
I swear you can’t go wrong with Goldie or Steve! What a cute movie.
November 25, Friday
Had dinner with Blue Chablis and Abientot.
Sure is nice to have cruising friends here – even thought they are going back to the States for a while.
*Another throwback with the chain letters we used to forward to each other when email was new and fresh. Remember the ones that threatened you’d be cursed with bad luck if you didn’t forward the email to a certain amount of people? Looking back, this was kind of like the original spam mail. 😆
Ha, I don’t blame Mom and Dad for getting after me at the internet cafe.
At least I tried to get on Mom’s good side the next day, but it was probably throwing us off school work. 🤪
