opening day for the marina was last thursday. it's very weird to see boats out there on the new docks. it's even weirder to walk the docks and see boats tied up in their slips. next weekend most of our reservations are coming in, probably around 50 or more who have been waiting for us to open.
















today we're having our first annual memorial day party. this time it was much easier. all i have to do now is call the restaurant supply people, order what i want and they deliver it to the marina. such is life when you have a nice fat expense account. oh and i got a $2 an hour raise. that's nice too.



the owner's ordered us a big ass barbeque for our parties. it even has a built in fridge.
so far everything is sort of working out ok. i've just about mastered the reservations program but there's much more to learn about the new marina systems.
another party is scheduled for our official grand opening party on june 5.
i imagine there will be fireworks... no doubt.
heh heh.

several days ago i decided that i am having a mid-life crisis..although i don't think it is really a crisis, more of a turning point. as you can see i repainted the front porch again, this time it is fuschia and lime green. i have issues with myself, many inner dialogs with myself but paint is simple and easy to change when the mood strikes. the man at the paint store said he knew of a house in town, up on skyline drive, that had 26 colors painted on it. every shutter is a different color. he smiled and said i should go look at it. when i find that house i'll take a picture of it. for some reason i started wondering how i could go on living if i suddenly became blind.
a thousand things go through my head when i paint. for me it's not just simply a hobby of brushing on random colors. it's therapy.. and if there were anyone nearby they would no doubt hear me talking and chuckling to myself...trying to figure "things" out. i doubt if i'll ever figure things out though. in the meantime i'll just keep painting.
the reason i think i'm having a mid-life crisis is because you would think by now someone my age would have it all figured out and be somewhat defined as to who they have turned out to be. instead, i feel as if i'm still wandering down the road with no one to guide me but myself.. still looking for something/someone to connect to, and oddly still trying to imagine what they'll say about me at my funeral.
you should never wait
for someone else to fill your plate.
or blame anyone but yourself
when you're plate isn't full enough.

that's what i tell myself.

ok, it is may now. i realized that i don't write in the blog much anymore. i have so many other things to think about and sometimes it just gets tiring to write about yourself. when that happens it's best to just take a break.
my little house is still quite a haven. it has a definite personality now although i'm still playing around with different paint colors for the personality of the front porch. it is wonderfully simple and peaceful here and almost effortless to maintain this house. last month my electric bill was a whopping $29. i made an nice caribbean style awning out of outdoor canvas for the window in the sunroom to keep out the hot afternoon western sun. it actually looks rather store bought. my garden has produced way too many tomatoes although the other veggies are now starting to wilt under the oncoming heat of the summer. the mangoes and the lemons love the heat and are still getting bigger and bigger by the day.
the boat has become quite a problem lately. the company that insured it went out of business and in order to get insured with a new underwriter we have to have a new out-of-water survey/inspection. that entails motoring the boat to a boatyard and paying to have it hauled out of the water on a giant boat lift so we can pay a surveyor to inspect it. it's a very big expense. no one likes to have surveys. they always find things wrong that, of course, have to be fixed. even with the survey completed and the new insurance in force there are still many problems with it, some of them due to the lightening strike last july and various other major issues that are, of course, forever time consuming and expensive.
the new marina is now in it's last days of completion. the scheduled grand opening is memorial day weekend and we are now taking reservation in spite of the fact that we still haven't received our software reservation program. hopefully we'll get it before everything gets out of hand since we are now having a serious onslaught of people who want a slip. i quickly discovered that these people who want reservations can be quite needy and picky but i'm trying to keep a sense of humor about it. it's going to be a pain for a while but once we get everyone all nestled in things will calm down.
i'm still finding so many nice people at work. sometimes they just amaze me with their kindness and thoughtfulness. just this morning the fellow across the street stopped by on his sunday morning walk to the green market and asked if he could pick anything up for me. i said i didn't need anything. he said that he'll just surprise me. that's the kind of man that that makes a woman smile.
thankfully josh is coming for a visit next week. it will be a joy to have him here and a joy to have someone to hang out with who is full of exciting ideas and interesting thoughts.