Charlotte-Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI

We slept in a little.  These late nights are catching up with us.  But after a couple of cups of coffee, a really good breakfast and a lot of ‘vegging’, we were ready to head ashore.  Is today mail-day?  We’re keeping our fingers crossed.

The walk to the Post Office is just a few blocks past the Kmart.  We took our dock cart with us, optimistically believing the package might be there.  They searched and they searched but came back empty handed.  The clerk told us that the last update in their computers still showed that it cleared out of Puerto Rico.  If it cleared thru Puerto Rico yesterday, you think they would have put it on a plane and it would have been here within hours.  Damn … what’d they do, put it on a boat?  If that’s the case, we might as well set up permanent residency because it may never get here!  So much for paying for priority!

We sulked on the walk back.  Damn, we just want to move on.  There is so much more to explore and hurricane season is fast approaching.  June 1^st is the start of hurricane season.  Hmmm …do the storms have calendars?  Do they know to stay away until at least then?  Actually, everyone tells me I don’t have to worry about hurricanes in this area until late August.  September and October are the heaviest volume of storms and June thru August rarely see any.  The key word there is ‘rarely’.  This is our home.  This is our life.  I want to make sure it’s protected and safe.  I don’t want that ‘rare’ storm to destroy our hope and dreams!  I want to move on to safer waters!  Damn the USPS … where is our package???

Another workday.  We have goals we’re trying to achieve before we leave. There has been no playtime in St. Thomas.  Work … work … work.  I sure hope it’s worth it and that someone actually is reading this crap.  If they are, we really need to move on so they have something more interesting to read!