First afternoon there, and the boys start in with their lines
Finally checked in--I shower and change into a suit so I can do what I am most longing for, go for a long swim in the sea. I walk down to the beach and lay my towel on a chair and sit for a moment, taking it in. Then I walk toward the sea, craving that warm sea salt bath and endless swims and floating that washes away years of stress. I get up and walk towards my taste of heaven--and wouldn't you know it -- a jamaican man in mirror sunglasses walks and stands right between me and the sea. He says, :Hey baby remember me?"
I wrack my mind--no I have never met this guy before. But fresh off the boat, or the plane I should say, I ask, are you a friend of P's ( my ex bf who had a million friends and cousins) he just stands with his mirror glasses between me and the sea, between me and my years-a-waiting swim, and doesn't say anything. I quickly realize he doesn't know me or P and ask him nicely to step aside, I NEED to get in that water. He moves on--I never spoke with him again that trip, but saw him hooking up with another from-foreign lady later in the week at NBCC, so maybe that line worked?
I get in and swim far out past the buoy, there are no ropes marking off the swimming area at NBCC , which I view as a great thing. I swim so far that a fisherman in a boat comes by and asks if I am headed to Cuba. And also gets in a comment on my beautiful sea green eyes--those men-- they are with it on the flirtation--even far out at sea.
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Mission: charge computer, day 2
Morning came upon my first full day in JA and I showered, dressed in shorts, tshirt and flipflops, and threw my computer bag over my shoulder and start the trek to Seastar with a couple hundred J for cabs in my pocket. i hadn't changed money yet but had some change from purchaces. I walked to Easy Rock Internet Cafe in hopes of finding a charger for a Mac there. Maybe someone left theirs from a trip before? The guy there was sweet and helpful, he was full of postivity about my getting a computer charge there, but turns out what he thought would work did not fit at all! He tried to hook my tired little mac to an LG charger and it just wasn't happening. I headed back out to the road again. As i get further west, less hassle from guys. But near town-- a few lines-- Baby I see you walk, you walk sweet like sugar-- or just the one thing that bugs me more than anything -- a loud "PSSSSTTT" .
I finally realize I gotta hop in the cab, it has taken me an hour to get to Easy Rock and beyond and I need to see the captain before 10am, running out of time. So quick quick I am in a route cab--100 JA out of my sweaty pocket and I am on my way walking down seastar lane. Sweet.
Coffee at Seastar, and meeting Capt D and Ginny(sp?) --priceless! Charging my tired laptop==priceless as well. Thank you captain and your beautiful wife, you made my day.
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As my computer gets charged up I ask the beautiful Francine (not Chris's wife, but the waitress) if it is too early to order a blended rum and fruit drink. Apparently it is not too early! So I ordered the drink plus breakfast of scrambled eggs and that famed JA bacon. i had already had a couple cups of coffee while talking to the captain and his wife, so feeling good!
