Today’s agenda consisted of work, work, and more work! I was so tired by the time I arrived home to my lovely boyfriend who was completing routing the upstairs cable system to the downstairs television that I just wanted to lie down. Alas, it was not time yet as we needed to shop for dinner, complete final touches on the cable installation, and put together my new Burley trailer for my bike that just came in the mail yesterday! On the atoll, everyone rides bicycles, and most people have some sort of trailer to pull groceries, backpacks, snorkel and/or scuba gear, and, of course, beach chairs and coolers around the island. I haven’t had one since mine rusted in half not long before I moved in my house, which was a good week or two before Thanksgiving, so I was thrilled to receive this belated present from my darling! It was late not because it wasn’t ordered early enough to make the long trip out here, but because the produce and mail planes were delayed due to mechanical problems and other critical work materials taking priority over our groceries and holiday gifts. You can imagine the uproar from the community when they realized we would not have fresh produce for Christmas dinner! Oh well, after a while, minor issues like that don’t rile you up anymore. We did just fine with what we could find on island for our holiday dinner, and it’s always nice to have a few extra presents to look forward to after the big day is over. The only negative part for me was the late arrival of the family Christmas cards, so now I will be spending part of this weekend addressing and sending out cards to family and friends who have most likely already put all their holiday decorations and greeting cards away until next year. That’s life on the atoll...at least I have a semi-reasonable excuse for getting my greetings out late this year! :)
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