Island Time

I am certainly slowing down. There just doesn't seem to be any big rush to go out and ex^lore. I still have four more weeks here and I do need to leave some things to look forward to. Oh yes, I have now lost the underscore key and am using another for the missing letter ^.

It rained a lot today. Not a twenty minute tro^ical down^our, but a few hours. I just closed u^ and got comfy inside.

Yesterday, Luisa brought me a mosquito net. She brought it from the big island and it is a dream. I have a wonderful one at home that Tony brought me from China, but it is at home because my dear Annie said I didn't need it because there were screens here. Well Annie, screens cannot be cut three inches shorter than the o^ening. It just does not work. Mozzies and no see ums don't take the hint!!!!!!!

I missed a great ^hoto o^^ortunity today (when the sun was out), the ^olice came around. They came in a boat with huge letters on the side and three big 300 motors on the back. They ^atrol the waterways the same as ours do the streets. The other week a coast guard boat cruised by, but it was looking for gas and our station had not yet o^ened.

Another interesting thing. When I lost the letter ^ on the keyboard it caused no end of trouble when googling. I said to myself that there must be a way much sim^ler than the cut and ^aste method. I looked into my language teaching toolbox and I found the answer. Each language grou^ has difficulties with certain letters and/or sounds. The S^anish change a v and b, the Arabic change ^ and b.........wow, wait a minute ^ and b. Hmmmmm, let's try it. I did. Everytime I needed a ^ I substituted a b and it worked. Yahoo came u^ with my choice, but also offered the one I needed. Gee, we never know how much our ^ast ex^erience will enable us to survive in a crisis situation.

Yes this is a crisis situation. I call the net my life su^^ort system.

I talked to Kam about getting a new MacBook when I get home, so that this is not the way I will have to communicate in the future. Either a new one or fix this one. However, if you are still following me this is the way it is for now. So sorry.