Welcome to the Alkai Open!

This is the first mate Andre "the pitbull", and deckhand Phillip "chitlins" who is drinking PBR out of a plastic bag... He is getting ready to commentate... 

Getting ready....
Andre serves,
Phillip holds the "mic" and commentates....
Justin "the bulldog" plays ball boy,
I take pictures of the sidewalk art,



Phillip explains Pabst Blue Ribbon to Andre who is from Russia...
Justin takes a swing...
Those mountains are in Canada!

we obviously fend for ourselves for dinner

The view from my apt.

By the way, on my way out to take this pic I walked straight through the screen door. I was looking down at my camera and knocked it clean off the door! Phillip watched from the couch the whole time and didn't warn me. We were both cracking up! I noticed that he knew exactly how to put it back on the track so I said "please tell me I'm not the first one to to that." He said, "no, I did it the other day, that's why I let you do it too." What a true friend! :)
In the pic below, Phillip.

First Day!

What an eventful and productive day! I forgot my camera at home or I would have some crazy pics of today! It's amazing. The boat is in a huge shed up on blocks and totally COVERED in plastic sheeting! I walked in and was like WOW! It looked alot bigger that 126ft to me then Justin says, "right there where that paint line is, that's where they added the new stern addition." Oh... so um, the boat is now a whopping 155ft long!!! Bigger than the yacht I worked on in Savannah! Well, the inside was just as amazing as the outside. The entire boat is torn apart! There are about 50 guys working on the boat in all different rooms and cubby holes, installing wiring, flooring, woodworking, painting, you name it there is someone doing it. There is no room for me on the boat at this time and nothing for me to do on the boat anyway so I spent the first half of the day riding around with Leslie, the current temporary stewardess. She is the Captain's friend and is just here for the next couple of weeks. Then it will be me all alone. Sole stew. Haha I'm gonna start a band and call it Sole Stew. Or Soul Stew. Ahahahhahahah! Anyway, Les and I went to Home Depot and to Sears to buy me some khaki shorts and we also took a drive through downtown Seattle on accident because we took a wrong turn. Let me tell ya.... Seattle downtown is AWESOME!!! I can't wait to spend some time down there. We have the weekend off too, so I should have plenty of time to do so. This afternoon Capt. Veronica gave me a challenge. She handed me the approved uniform binder that has all the uniform stuff laid out so the owner can see what it looks like in it. She asked me to get all the guys clothes/shoe sizes and go through the book and find out how many of what size of what item we need and write a list for each store or catalog it came out of and then make a list for each store and make the orders so we could get our uniforms in soon. She said "here, that will keep you busy for a few days at least." Two hours later I came back to the office ready to make the orders. You should have seen the look on her face. It was awesome!!!! Haha I totally impressed her today! She was excited and we ran over my orders to make changes or additions and then I typed up an xcel document so we could have these lists ready for anytime we need to order and printed them out. I made a few orders and then it was time to leave work! These guys don't mess around! It was 3:31 and they were waiting at the door for me, ready to go!!! Now I am sitting back, watching the travel channel with the guys, drinking a glass of red wine Phillip so kindly uncorked for me, and now I am about to go out on the balcony to gaze at the mountains.... Ahhhh.... life is good.

- in the pic: Our chef, Justin and me. A big thanks goes out to him today for a delightful lunch! Chicken caesar salad!!! Yum it was awesome!

Good Mornins Seattle!

Wow! I'm up, ready to rock! It's just before 7am here and we are just about to head to work! We work 7:30 to 3:30 so that's cool! gotta go!

Sleepless in Seattle.

i am in Seattle. I love Seattle. The Chef Justin picked me up at the airport. We are best buds. Tomorrow I wake up at 6am with the boys and go to work till 3:30pm which is a pretty great work day! We all went out for a "crew bonding night" where I met the crew of another boat and learned that my most favorite female captain in the universe, Wendy Kitchell is in the same marina as we are!! I can't wait to see her! I will post pics tomorrow. Crew bonding was a bit much... I can write but not post pics.... thats a good judge of sobriety....

Delayed in Dallas.

Well, my flight is delayed till 10:30am. I am supposed to land in Houston at 11:30am now and my next flight is LEAVING at 12 noon!

Check in was a breeze here at Love Field. I was the only one in line for check in at the continental express desk where a nice young man helped me with my check in! I warned him as I plopped my bag on the scale "this thing weighs like a hundred pounds", he laughed and said, "close". It weighed 54 pounds! Anything over 40 and there is a 25 dollar charge and anything over 50 and its a 50 dollar charge. Since there was no one behind me he said, "If you can get 4 pounds out of there and put it in your backpack that would work." So I rummaged through my bag and pulled out my big song book where I keep all my guitar tabs for my now non-existant guitar, and I also pulled out my "Insiders Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stew" book by Julie Perry! Perfect! 50 pounds. We laughed as I fumbled with my now even heavier giant backpack and he said, "lets check on your connecting flights, ooo, looks like you might miss your connecting flight in Houston, the only flight out that has room leaves at 8:30pm this evening." I just shrugged it off and said with a smile "let's hope I don't miss that flight in H-town then!". By this time a couple of ticket counter ladies had walked over and were chatting with us. I was getting my wallet out to pay him the 25 bucks for my over weight (obese) luggage when he handed my boarding pass back to me, yanked my bag off the scale, sent it down the conveyor belt and said, "thanks for being so understanding, have a great flight." I just kinda took the boarding passes and said, "uh... Oh! Ok! Thanks! You too! Bye!" and that was it! He didn't charge me the 25 dollars for my bag! See? Always be nice to people in the service/customer service industry, they hold your wallet in their hands...

Now I am sitting at a lovely executive desk with my laptop plugged in, wireless internet pumping through my Mac and Red Hot Chili Peppers pumping through my headphones. I can see our plane out the window, It's a little jet! No propellers! Pretty cool.

I will update you guys when I get to Houston if I get delayed, If I can make my flight I won't have time to write so if you don't hear from me that means I made my flight! Keep your fingers crossed!

Thanks Ike!

HOLY CANOLI!!! I'm going crazy!

I got a call today from my Crew Account Manager, Kendra at Luxury Yacht Group in Ft. Lauderdale. She called just to say hi and touch base with me since I am leaving soon to join my new boat. She also wanted to make sure I was aware that I would be promoted to Chief Stewardess soon after my arrival on So Taj. I was a bit taken aback by her tone, she sounded a little concerned about the fact that I would be put "In charge" of the interior department so soon, as this is my first job on a megayacht. I assured her that yes, my Capt. did tell me she would like to promote me to Chief when the current Chief stew leaves. My Capt. and I spoke at lengths about my boating and service industry experience and I am certain that she wouldn't have considered me for the job if she didn't think I was 100% capable of rocking at it. Now I am nervous because it sounds like the current Chief Stew is leaving sooner than later and I am gonna have to pick his brain and cram for this crash course in So Taj Stewing! I am up for the challenge! Lots to learn in a short span of time. Now I am really really glad the boat is in the yard for the next month, that will give me some extra time to learn my way around and get used to the boat and procedures and crew.

In other news, Thanksgiving dinner was a delight! The cheesecake is sooooooo yummy! I am so full. After dinner I made mom a bento out of the leftover thanksgiving, you will have to check out her blog to see the pictures! haha!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

OH! What? It's September you say? Well, I know that!

I wasn't home for Thanksgiving or Christmas last year and probably won't be here for Christmas this year either, so Dad suggested we have Thanksgiving tonight! It's my favorite meal of the year! So, I have spent all morning making a home made from scratch Cheesecake!!! My favorite dessert in the world! Check this baby out!



In about an hour I will be popping the turkey in the oven and at about 5:30 we will start making the fixins!!!

This is a great day!

I hope the cheesecake tastes as good as it looks, I'm a little worried because I substituted "mexican sour cream" for the cup of sour cream the recipe called for. I don't really know the difference between "mexican" and "american" sour cream, except the mex sour cream was really runny. Kinda like us when we drink the water there...

hmmm.....

I will let ya know!

For Maria!

ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE!!!
Click HERE for panties!
Click HERE for boxers!

Something for Lyvvie!

I found these ongiri baubles on www.shanalogic.com. I totally cracked up! Thought you might want to see them!

My brother is in Estonia!

I got an email from him and he and Zach successfully made it from Orlando to Iceland to Sweeden by plane then took a ferry/cruiseship from there to Estonia. It took them 15 hours to get across whatever mass of water that is. Last I heard they were at a hostel called 16EUR in Tallinn. This is a pic of them and their new friends they met on the boat. They are sweedish art students. I am so proud of my little brother! He finally got out and is seeing the world! Now he has been to more countries than me!!! I better get traveling!

I secretly dreamed this last night...

It's not a secret anymore.

Only 6 days left in Texas.

Monday I fly to Seattle to meet my new boat, Capt. and Crew! I am so excited! I can't wait to get up there and see a new part of the country I have never seen before! Hopefully I can get to Mt. St. Helens on a day off or at least do a little wine tasting at the many wineries in the Seattle area. I am kind of relieved that the boat is in the yard for the next month and a half because that will give me time to get to know everyone and the boat before we have guests aboard. It is a private yacht so we wont be doing any charters which I haven't decided if that's good or bad. I think it will be good for me. I have worked on a ton of boats but this will be my first long term gig on a mega yacht. Like I said I was temp stew on one last year in Savannah for a month or so but that boat was in the yard to so I never really got to see what it was like having the boat on the move and people to serve. All I know is I better get my ironing arm in shape...
In other news, I am only trying to take one suitcase. Yeah. One. It's going to be nearly impossible. I am taking ONE pair of boots which I will probably wear on the plane because they take up lots of space in my bag, also to scare my new crew. I may even show up wearing my cowboy hat. :) They are gonna be like, "Oh shit who is this redneck on the dock?" nah... No cowboy hat. I have to bring one pair of cute heels to wear out if I ever go out. Then a couple pair of pants, shorts, a couple of shirts and my personal stuff. I will mostly be wearing uniforms so I guess I don't really need to bring much. P.J.'s. "Modest pajamas." My capt. said. She sounds really cool! I have never seen a female capt. of a megayacht and I can't wait to learn a lot from her.
Well, I'm sitting here on my LoveSac watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. It's a family tradition, since I won't be here yet again for Thanksgiving and Christmas I have to watch it as much as possible right now. I love it.
Check Y'all later!

Here ya go Maria!!!

I can only take one, only one pair of boots with me to Seattle. Help me decide...

A.


B.


C.

I have to choose one, just one pair of boots to take with me. Help me decide. A, B or C.

A, B, or C?

I love them all...

Sorry I'm slacking!

I have been doing a whole lot of nothing since I got home to Texas and I am loving it. I take naps, play on my computer, look up travel guides for Seattle, L.A. and Cabo San Lucas, hang out with my parents, and help mom with dinner. It's the best vacation ever! Today mom and I will meet up with Dee Dee and we are going shopping!!!! Now, normally I hate shopping, but I really do need some essentials since I have been living on an island for a year. Things like, warmer shirts than a tee shirt. Some pants. You know, stuff other than bathing suits and board shorts. I did go "shopping" in my old closet and surprisingly I found a bunch of jeans that fit me and my old boots! I am only taking one pair of boots, it's a hard decision. I gotta go! Bye!

Zucchini Bread.

Being at home you gotta get back into the swing of things, the culture ya know... Well, something people (mema's mostly) make is Zucchini Bread. Zucchini are easy to grow, and for some odd reason, many moons ago, someone decided to shred em up and make bread with them! Personally I don't think they taste like anything at all, but all the other ingredients in the bread make it quite a yummy treat! It's been a while since I had some zucchini bread and after watching this hilarious video by Sweet Tea Films, I suddenly have a strong craving... Watch it, try not to laugh. Those of you from the south (hell even those of you who are from another country) will thing its hilarious!

TACO BELL.

I ate it. It was an out of body experience... So good. Then I slept in my old room, I had the best sleep I have had in a year. I just woke up and I am back to the mind numbing paperwork that came from my new boat. I have never written my name so many times, now I have to choose what insurance I want! I have no effing clue what to do! I have never had insurance!!! I just go to the girly doctor once a year for pills and call it a day, so what the hell do I do? I think I may go with this plan called PacifiCare HMO, just cuz the co pays are 15 bucks and they pay 100% of the Dr bills. Anyone have any suggestions? Whew! I need to pause for breakfast... OH MY GOSH I GET TO DRINK REAL MILK!!! NO MORE FAKE ISLAND MILK!!! I gotta go!

I'm in Orlando.

Sitting at the airport. There is a very slobbery baby coming dangerously close to me. GROSS! It's wobbling around near my leg. Make it stop!!! I hope they sit far far away from me. Dude there are like a hundred babies on this flight!!!! Time to plug my ipod in. I should be home in a little under 3 hours!!! yay! I already miss St. Thomas.... I am sure I will go back one day!

Here is the dance we were all doing on Friday when I took those pics of Jeff dancing. Can you believe he was in the middle of a crowd of people dancing this dance??? Obviously this is not a video of us... But it is the dance and the song. I have had the song stuck in my head for 5 days...

Tonight

The boys got some booty... fake gold coins that is....

A piratey night with the crew....

Today I took the boys snorkeling at Coki Beach, then over to St. John for happy hour and $1 dollar beers at Woody's. Then we met up with Meg and Killian at Island Time Pub and went on over to Jack's Pub where the band Barefoot Davis was having a CD release party. There were lots of pirates and We couldn't resist causing trouble... I tried to steal a pirates sword and meg actually succeded but got smacked in the face with a sword in the fight... we are tough. tomorrow is the going away party at Offshore bar... get ready...

yet again...

This is about the time I swoop in and say "Get away from my little brother you beer soaked skank!!!" just kidding... I didn't say that... wanted to... but I let him have his fun.

More....

Jeff dances the night away at the Fat Turtle!

Candid shots of my brother Jeff!

This is Jeff and Zach on the right, meeting my friends.... they all have man crushes on each other.

That's how I roll!

more animals

I sent the boys off on a kayak adventure to Hassle Island just across the channel from my house. They are going over to check out the ruins from the old days of pirates and tall ships from 1867. There is a trail that goes from the boat house up to the old yellow fever hospital and then on up to the top of the mountain where they recently uncovered a fort. I'm sure they will have fun dodging iguanas and coconuts.

While they are away I will be packing and doing laundry! I will somehow fit all my stuff into 2 bags. I think I can do it, I got rid of a lot of clothes I don't wear or wont wear anymore. I am dreading going shopping when I get home. All I really need is a couple pairs of jeans and some socks. I have my boots and stuff at home so thats good. I cant wait to wear boots again... I really hope the weather doesn't effect us in our travels on Wed. I bet I will have delays flying from Orlando to Dallas. Thanks Gustav.

The weather here is fine, hot, partly cloudy but very very still. Not so much as a breeze!

Just 3 more days till I am home!

OH MY GOSH!

So just to update ya'll on the itinerary... I will be home in Dallas on Wednesday (weather permitting), I fly to Seattle, Washington on the 15th where I will live in an apartment till the yacht goes back into the water, then we will all move aboard where I have my own cabin! We will stay in Seattle through October and then move the boat down to Marina Del Rey, California at the beginning of November. All I know is I am going to freeze my ass off! I just looked at the weather in Seattle and its 56 freakin degrees!!! Thats colder than I have been in a year and a half at least! I'm gonna have to wear shoes!

Oh... oh my.

I am hungover for the first time in ages!!! Last night I took my brother and his buddy out for a Friday Night Island Style! We tied one on... we "drank our faces off" as my brother said. We had to carry Zach up all the stairs at Villa Olga, you see Jeff and I were born with the tolerance of much older alcoholics, we maintained through the 10 Jagermeister shots and 14 beers. Wow. Now I have to wake them up so we can go sailing on Doubloon! I'm taking bets on how long it will take for Zach to throw up over the side, I give him 25 mins. Bye!

It's official!!!

I am the new Setwardess aboard the 125ft yacht So Taj! Woo hoooooooo! I am really excited! I fly from Dallas to Seattle on Sept. 15th and then a couple of weeks later we take the boat down to Marina Del Rey! Oh my gosh!!!! L.A. HERE I COME! Then we will spend the winter bee bopping between Cali and CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO!!! Ta Daaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Maria, you must get back to your boat so we can meet up! I will only be like 300 miles away from San Carlos! Ok, I am so happy! My captain is a chick! And she sounds so badass. She is already giving me a hard time about having so much sea time and no license. She wants to help me get my ticket and my sea time letters processed. She sounds totally girl power, I can't wait to meet her. Well, I'm off to the pool!

I GOT A JOB!!!

More info to come soon....

Pretty boring around here.

I have spent alot, I mean ALOT of time online the past few days. I have been searching for crew resources, new websites, networking sites all that, as well as shopping for a few things I really needed to buy online that I can't get here on island and that I won't have time to look for when I get to TX. Things like Julie Perry's book, The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess. You can check her out by clicking HERE. Not that I have never worked on yachts or anything but reading her exerpts and actually talking to her online for the past year I think she has lots of good tips for anyone in the business. Can't wait to read it! I also bought a new power cord for my Mac online for half the price it was at the mac store here on island.
In other news, I have really enjoyed getting to know the new Dockwalk.com. It really seems like a great site for yachties. I guess the agenda for today will include, picking up my paycheck, going to the bank (which will take 4 hours), and coming home to finish blowing up this giant air mattress for my brother and his buddy who are coming to visit tomorrow for a week. They better love that mattress because I spent 5 hours blowing that thing up by mouth and I came really close to passing out like 4 times. You would think someone would have an air pump around here with all the RIB's and dingys. It's almost blown up all the way, I just couldn't blow anymore air in it last night.
This time next week I will be at home in Allen, TX probably making lunch for my dad. It's probably gonna be grilled cheese sandwiches with a pickle and an oreo on the side. Thats what he used to make me and Jeff when we were little. :)
That sounds so good right now. Too bad I had to throw a half a loaf of bread away yesterday because it was moldy. I hate that about living here! Everything molds so fast! I bought that bread 2 days before I had to trash it. Sometimes you buy bread and its ALREADY moldy! Oh only 6 more days....
I will miss it here, but only the good stuff, like the people and the water.
I will not miss the PUEBLO GROCERY STORE!

Time to heat up some leftover BBQ from last night! Woo Hoo!

I found a cool new website!

It's called Dockwalk. You can go there by clicking HERE! It's cool, you can see other yachts and crew and their itineraries. I figure this will be a good way to do a little research on whatever yachts I apply with... tee hee!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

I JUST HAD AN EPIPHANY! I am gonna be sooooooooooooooo freakin aaaawwwwesome at my new job! (Wherever it may be,whenever I get it.) I have been thinking about nothing much the past week or so and damnit! I am tired of it! I am always looking for something better, because I strongly believe that something different is always something better. Coglan's law rings true for me. Be that as it may, anytime a job starts getting tough I start looking for a new one. I'm not one to soldier on too long before running for the hills. Is this a real problem? I don't think so. I refuse to be unhappy in my job even though lord knows I have been. When it gets sucky I get froggy. Hip hop hooray and I am outta there! Even now, I am thinking about the new yacht adventure I am setting out on and I have already started planning my escape route at the 6 month "run for your life" mark. Why do I do that? Am I afraid that I will be good at something? I am good at everything I do! (wow do I sound conceited) I think on this next adventure I will go into it with an open mind and an open calendar. ;) I will do my very best at whatever I need to do, and just ride it out as long as I can, for pete's sake the money is good and there are health benefits!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! So I'm getting prepared for this, it's a little different than what I'm used to, thank goodness I spent a month or so on Francine last year, gave me a lil taste of the life. AHHHHHHHHHHH to be inspired again! I'm gonna give my guitar to Carlos this weekend, he tried to say goodbye to me today like I was leaving tomorrow! Haha poor lil feller! Did I tell yall about the time he told me I had a "bad genius" hahah I think so. Anyway. Oh mom, there should be a few packages coming in the mail for me, one small one from Geelizzie, and 2 that look like books cuz thats what they are! Keep an eye out! Love ya!

Smile for the day!!!

I posted this about a year ago but no one was reading my blog then, I thought all you schoonie sailors would enjoy this. It's aboard the Stavros S Niacros or something like that I believe. What a great video!

More Chili Cookoff

A little squall to cool us off!


Alex decides to juggle! He went to clown school after all...


Jim Steph and me


Dana Me and Alex... ahhh i love my life.


The Betsy's bar chili crew accepting First Place! Yaaaaaaaay!

The Chili Cookoff!

There were nothing but Texas flags and Texas people all over the beach!


Capt Jim and Mango brought Bones over so we could play on the pirate ship in between chili tastings.
Mango Swings


Even old Jim gives it a shot!


Alex and Dave with the Can People! Later that day it got so hot that they "condensated" their marriage! lol


A view down Brewers Bay Beach at the Chili Booths

Finally uploaded pics from when the fam visited.

Me and the Fam on the "big" island of Jost Van Dyke



Me and the Fam at Marina Cay, off the coast of Tortola

Tee hee!!!

Quickly! Before my power cord melts through!!

I electrical taped my cord together so I could get some power to check email and give a little update! I am totally bored and broke! I got to work one day this week, got food poisoning on monday and was down for 2 days, down to my last 25 bucks till my card gets here, probably gonna spend half of it on hair color because my roots are OUT OF CONTROL! Hey, just cuz im poor doesn't mean I have to look like it. Other than that I have given lots of old clothes to Jill to pass out to the local crackheads and I have already seen them sporting their new duds around Frenchtown. hahah! I'm like, those are my shorts, shirts... at least someone is using them. I am trying to fit all my stuff into 2 suitcases and a huge backpack so today I am doing a mock pack to see just how much I need to get rid of. Its gonna suck. In other news, Jeff and Zack will be here on Thurdsay and we will have sooooo much fun! Jeff wants to get SCUBA certified while he is here so I'm gonna call in the favor to my buddy Toby who I met at the airport while waiting for my Mom and Aunt to fly in a month or so ago. He is a SCUBA instructor. Honestly nothing is going on here, I hang out in my apt all day because I can't do anything else. I should at least be hanging by the pool and soaking up the sun. Hmmmmm that sounds nice, gotta go!

Bye!

Sniff Sniff....

What's that smell? Does anyone else smell that? Smells like burning plastic.... HOLY HELL ITS MY COMPUTER CHARGE CORD!!!! So... um... I will be on hiatus till mom sends my ATM card to me. Then and only then will I be able to buy a new cord which costs a cool hundred luke. Mac rocks till you have to replace something or fix something. Shit... Glad I was awake when that thing went... coulda burnt down my lil concrete abode.

I have a new Hollywood (London) crush.

His name is Russell Brand and he is a comedian. Oh my. I don't know if it's the crazy hair or the tight pants or the eyeliner that gets me but... whew! I am in LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUV! He is absolutely hilarious. Look him up or watch the MTV awards on Sept. 7th, I know I will be.

Sometimes I feel like I am advertising for free on my blog.... Maybe one day I will get a kickback in the form of my name on the list at awesome clubs in NYC or LA.... If I ever go there. Ahhhhh I'm just an old dancehall dreamer....


and we wonder why I have problems with men......

Hooray!

I found ten bucks total while doing my laundry today! Now I can afford to go to the chili cook-off! I am riding over with Jill and Doug at 10am, which is about 2 hours earlier than I have been getting out of bed these days. I better go to sleep early tonight, plus that I might actually have to work on Monday so I need to get back in the swing of waking up early. I will be volunteering at the Betsy's Bar booth helping out with Jill and Doug so at least I will be putting myself to good use! Yay! Things are looking up!

THERE!

gosh

blogger isnt letting me upload the pic of my new haircut. i will try later.

I cut my hair!

I took about 5 inches off and damn it feels good! My hair was so damaged from sun and salt that I would turn into dredlocks if I didnt brush it out like 4 times a day. I just put it in a low pony tail and CHOP! I think I did a damn good job for cutting my hair with old office scissors I snatched off Jill's desk. Gotta go put those back now. What do yall think?

I survived!

It rained ALL NIGHT I mean, it had to have been at least 10 hours straight, lots of thunder and lightning but no power outages or leaks in the roof! A successful storm! I am still trying to tie down a job on a megayacht but I will have better luck when I am home and ready to go, I am not technically available for another month so my Luxyachts.com girl can't really put me up for anything because these guys that need crew need it now. It's all good though, It's the off season for everyone. Speaking of, hopefully I will go to work tomorrow so I will have some cashola, the chili cook off is Sunday and I really wanna go!
In other news, I have taken to drinking water out of an old Absolute Vodka bottle. It fits nicely in my little fridge and really makes people wonder when they see me outside on the phone swilling out of a vodka bottle, no chaser. I sure wish it was vodka but I cant afford booze. :)

It's here.

The big blob has just hit. It's raining really hard but nothing to bad. Just your tropical update.

An uneventful Tropical Storm

Well, according the the Weather Channel, the thing is right on top of us and causing lots of rain and wind... Yeah, it's not raining a drop and there is no wind whatsoever. They really suck at predicting our weather. We cancelled the boat trip tomorrow because of this so called weather system. So, I had a really weird dream last night, first I won the lottery, 48,000 dollars to be exact, then my friend cut off my hair when I wasn't looking. What the hell does that mean? I know I need a haircut but this was like a malicious sneaky haircut. And as far as the lotto goes, someone once told me "don't spend your last ten dollars on lotto tickets and booze" so that idea is out. I really wish my atm card would come in the mail so I would have money. At least I spent my last cash on groceries. Thats a good step in the right direction. Well, I am gonna stay up late and watch movies and play solitaire on my ipod because that's how exciting my life is. Can you say "island fever"? Meg is out of town till the 27th and I always feel like I have no friends when she is gone. She is on the Jersey Shore right now at her family's beach house and they are doing New England-ie things like having lobster bakes and crab boils and all the family and cousins are there and yesterday she was teaching her little cousin how to surf. How cool is that? Well, I really can't wait to see my brother and then my dad when I get home. I really miss them. Hopefully I can get down to visit my Grandparents too. We will see.

Night Night!

KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER!!!

Like, a HUGE swirly round storm about to smack us! I'm tellin ya, I think I am a hurricane magnet. They haven't had a hurricane here in over 10 years and I come down and bam, they are lining up one after another! Happened in Key West too, there were more hurricanes there in the 2 years I lived there than they ever had before. Does that sentence have too many Th-words in it? There they than the ..... Whatever. So I guess Jill and Doug went to the store to stock up on supplies for the next day or two of storms. Its not a Hurricane yet but they are talking about upgrading it to a tropical storm soon. Geez. Good thing I live in the hurricane proof concrete cave! Yesssssss! OH they just decided to name it FAYE! Thanks alot Faye!