As per usual, just before Adam is supposed to go back to
work the A/C decides to barely work. We noticed as soon as we got plugged in at
the new dock that it was only keeping the boat about 10 degrees cooler than the
outside air. In Florida this means it was about 80 degrees in the boat. After
much debate about having the unit serviced before Adam went back to work, we
decided to put it off and hope I could make it a month before we can just
replace the whole darn thing. We knew it would need replacing eventually, we
were just hoping for a few more months! Now I have keeping the boat cool down
to an art. I set up a ‘tent’ on top of the coach roof to add some extra shade,
keep all the curtains closed, keep the door to the head closed (it vents
directly to the outside via the anchor locker), let it get as cold as possible
overnight and started putting the canvas back over the hatch to help insulate
it. This seems to be working pretty well, keeps it about 75 degrees during the
hottest part of the day. It’s not an issue for the human, but the two pets
(especially the dog) don’t do great in the heat for a long time. This also
means that any sort of cooking with propane during the day is out! Handy dandy
tiny slow cooker to the rescue! It lets off so little heat that I can actually
cook, which now my other option is to wait till 8 pm to cook anything. Ready,
set, Go made up recipes for the slow cooker!
There is always something to spend more money on. We were
hoping once we got to Florida we would have a few months to recuperate from the
move (cash wise), but apparently the boat has other plans. In addition to A/C’s
(the one at the house was ALSO vandalized, but that’s another story!), my two
best friends are both getting married a week apart from each other in June. I
have already purchased airline tickets for myself to attend the first one in
Vermont. After finding out about the cash we are about to have to drop on an
A/C and that airfare just sky rocketed I’m going to have to skip the second
wedding. In addition we have no pet sitters in the new city so we could not go
together. I’m just hoping that I won’t offend anybody by missing out on her
wedding. The kicker is that the wedding
I’m missing is my childhood best friend, who is having the wedding at her parents’
house, which is just down the street from my parents. So my parents were also
hoping to see me then. Either way we pretty much figured Adam would not be able
to come with me, so there was the added downer of being away from Adam for two
weekends in a row, if I was able to go.
I am not a planner, I leave that to Adam. Thinking beyond
the next week and possibly even the next month gives me a headache. BUT we have
finally started to plan our wedding! I want a VERY small wedding with minimal
pomp and circumstance. This means I have to go dress shopping (arggg!). I will
definitely need help in this endeavor, so in lieu of going home for my best friend’s
wedding I am trying to find another weekend to head north so I can recruit my
step mom to go dress shopping with me. I do not like to spend money, especially
on arbitrary things (like clothes) so I am very hesitant about this whole
process. Let the planning begin! (grumble grumble grumble).
I still have no job, which I really don’t mind, except for
the lack of funds. I had one interview so far, but the job sounded so dismal
that Adam and I decided it was not worth it. So, I have been spending my days
running with the dog, reorganizing the interior of the boat, and visiting the
local beach. I have to say it has been pretty darn amazing! Cocoa Beach is
beautiful. It is far less crowded than I expected. It is also the largest
nesting area for loggerhead sea turtles in this hemisphere (and possibly the
world)! I like to go down and walk along the beach for miles. I often see a lot
of people surfing, which looks pretty darn fun, thinking I’d like to try that
eventually. There is something very restorative about a mostly empty beach.
