Some days, like Saturday and Sunday, are low-key with nothing much to write about.
Others, like today, are jammed full.
This morning I got a call, on my cell phone! I was up in the pasture with the horses, the only place on the planet where I get cell signal.
Our bank finally opened. We can get money without paying another banh's ATM fees.And, we got our balance for the first time in two months. Good information to have.
Today was one of those amazing days on the ocean. Sunlight, dark clouds and gazillions of colors. Greens, blues, grays and everything in between, colors we don't even have names for.
The infinite colors of the ocean were one of the first things we fell in love with in Puerto Rico. Since Maria, the water has been so murky, cloudy, the colors dulled. It was such a joy to see Mother Ocean back in her incredible beauty and glory.
Tonight we had a date. Together! With each other!. We went to 110 Thai for dinner, our first real outing since the storm. In addition to a great dinner we got to see some people we haven't seen since before the storm.
We found out another friend is leaving the island. Nassine owned a really great wine shop in Aguadilla. She had just moved here shop to Rincon a couple of months before Maria. Rincon is a better market for her - more mainlanders, more of a wine-drinking culture. Local Puerto Ricans tend toward beer and Johnny Walker. And rum.
Maria decimated tourism and the snowbirds. The economy was bad before the hurricane. I can't imagine what it's going to be like with so many jobs gone.
Nassine is leaving because she doesn't think she and her business can survive. Talking with her we realize - once again - how incredibly fortunate we are. We don't have to work to survive. We can survive on the resources we have. It would be thin, tight, but we can do it. That puts us in a much better position than many people. Once again - so grateful!
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