Christmas Update...

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas and (soon to be) Happy New Year to all. My first time spending Christmas in the Caribbean was and Is a pretty cool experience. First of all...listening to this song..."I'm dreaming of a White Christmas..." while you're hiding in the shade from the sun with a beer in ure hand....is odd...but its still cool. Seeing Christmas lights on homes...bright reds greens and all colors in between...just like back home, fills me with a sense of nostalgia...until you see the coconut trees next to the  christmas lights....you know something is different, but again...it still works.
I woke up on Christmas Morning to breakfast in bed by two Dutch Twins...I shit you not...what a way to ring in the Holiday spirit. (One of the Dutch girls is a roomates, and her twin sister was visiting for the week. No matter how you slice it....having (Attractive) Dutch twins make you breakfast is a great start to a great day lol. Myself and my roomates spent the day on the boardwalk...drinking, listening to Christmas music for the local bars and restaurants. Later that night we were invited to a mutual friend's barbeque. I didn't know the guy but I said why not...I know most of the people that are going so I know I will get a ride back home, from wherever I'm going. We go up mountains around, up and down side streets and hills...for my part, I am completely lost. We pull up in his driveway after what seemed like an eternity seeking potholes to run over, and as I make my way to his back yard, I start to squint, as there aren't any lights on since we have only just arrived. We light some candles, proceed to the most beautiful back yard I have seen on the island. His home is at the top of a mountain and his backyard is at the edge of a cliff....down the rock edge of this cliff, beyond his backyard...is the ocean...imagine that...walking up a driveway...past the house, heading into the backyard where there are seats, coconut trees, and in the middle there is a fire pit...walk a bit further from the futons and bean bag chairs surrounding the fire pit and coconut trees...is this cliff...a rocky mountainous cliff that you have to carefully navigate you way down...make your way down about 20 feet and walk about 15 meters ....and your feet are wet. Private property. Knowing me....of course I went down by the rocks at night. Huge boulders, such that I had to climb up on them just to take a seat on one. He doesnt live at the beach....imagine an alcove...semi-circular bay...you have rocks on both sides of you and the ocean is crashing in between...you feel so protected. And the stars....my goodness the stars...NEVER in my life have I seen the stars soo bright...Orion's belt was so close and bright...and the innumerable amount of stars that surrounded the constellations...soo very bright....clear...I saw stars in the sky that night I'd never seen with the naked eye before...beautiful black sky sprinkled with thousands of little white twinkling lights...soo many stars that you could make out the waves in the light as they came ashore....and there wasn't even a moon out this night....just the stars...bright, heavenly...casting a bluish glow and all objects below. When you see something like that, its hard to believe that all of this...life... creation..us...its hard to believe that its just one big accidentit fits together to seamlessly, everything for the use and purpose of everything else...but thats another topic for another blog....and trrust me I WILL go down that metaphysical road one day, but not tonight. When you drive past places and you see houses up in the mountains, and the house looks real nice, and you think to yourself, I wonder who lives up there with that very nice view....this guy does. We lit the fire pit, gathered around played music....cooked food over the pit and just drifted into sleepiness one by one. On a side note....I find it interesting that MAN has not evolved from our primitive state at all. Watching guys start a fire is the same now as it would have been thousands of years ago.We all stare in awe of the glowing, beautiful, spectacle that is a flame. The men went looking for food, the females prepared the food and utensils, the men grilled the food over the open flame...not much has changed...except we, in this day and age, are fortunate enough to know that this meal wont be our last, and there was no fear of predators during the night as there would have been for our ancestors...anyway...We spent the night...woke up the next day..day after Christmas....and did it all again until sundown...bought more food played soccer, swam ...really good fun.

Other than that....haven't done much except chill out work (try to) save money. New Years Eve is payday...thats going to be special right there lol

Work is work...no matter what job you have...eventually it just becomes work...Like everybody else...I can't wait for the hour when I get off work...and I rejoice every time I get a  day off. I tell people what I do and they say "Wow thats awesome, why would you worry about days off with a job like that?" THe truth is. I like what I do...I mean I'm a sailor ...I'm on the water all day..I'd rather do that then fax memos and stuff like that...but the idea of getting off work, walking a home, grabbing a beer on the way home, going to bed...wrapping up in a blanket and putting on a good movie, where I can just zone out and forget everything that happens outside my door, is soo alluring and comforting. Maybe I'll go for a swim to clear my head from those random and intrusive thoughts that plague my mind....But let me go to my apartment...make some hot tea, read a good book , play whatever music I wanted, not have to worry about sailing, or the weather, or getting wet,...let me stand on firm ground and not on this boat that goes up and down ...left and right, slipping and sliding....and I'll be a happy camper. I'll say this much...I like what I do and one day they will be awesome stories to tell people ...but for now...I've become grateful for the little things like a warm bed...a good book, and a cup of tea...and a firm ground to stand on....AND dry shoes lol..being on the water all day...waves coming over the bow...just as I'm standing there...soaking nothing else but by feet....completely drenched...ugh...hate that feeling...but its all so much fun.

Pictures coming soon...these words paint a very poor picture of my daily environment. Wait till I get a digital camera...you will see what I see...and it is good.
Til next time...good night and happy holidays