A friend told me last week to take some time off so I did just that Saturday. Went to Oranjestad, the biggest city on the island [i suppose] where they do the whole tourist thing...marinas, casinos, very high level shopping, nice restaurants...and walked around thru all those places for the whole afternoon. Had some grilled grouper and came home.
Sunday morning, I walked down to "Baby Beach" [i don't know why they call it that] and then went to Wendy's. Then came to the office to check my email [no wi-fi at home yet]. The first email was some sketchy details about a friend who died suddenly Saturday night so I worked the phones a little until I got the scoop. I've known her a long time [30+ years] and I've been a little melancholy since. She has a BIG extended family and two grown kids that I've watched grow up. The whole thing touched a lot of people I know and I'm not particularly comfortable being here while all that is happening...not could do anything.
Late Sunday I started feeling a little queasy and today I'm just sick. Dragged my ass to the refinery anyway and the guys assured me that I didn't eat anything foul, or drink bad water, because there's a bug running thru the refinery. That made me feel a lot better.
BTW-the water here is safe. It's desalinated sea water and is highly processed [tho my only exposure to it is in ice...I'm drinking bottled].
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