Friars Hill

Had our regular morning and after I wrote, I asked Brian to drawn in my journal, the image that I see every morning. He happily complied as I finished packing and left a few notes around the boat.
Many things have been left behind for my return back in January, but my back packed I left Lorena for the last time in 2023. We estimated that I spent 40% of the last 5 months on the boat.
We picked up a car from Titi car rental that we had reserved. a few days earlier. It was Brian’s first time driving in the opposite side of the road (and he barely drives, having lived in NYC most of his life). He grazed the side mirror and was tense for awhile as we drove to St John’s but slowly started to relax. First we went to the optician to get new lenses for his frames (he will get them in 2-4weeks), then to the Doctor Bowen where we had to wait for 1.5hrs. Brian got yearly bloodwork and physical and everything looks good …. His weight loss is a mystery…. Likely stress from the many changes he’s experienced.
While at the Doctors my flight was cancelled…. He had an appointment with the dentist across the street and I called Ashlynn and tried to figure out what to do.
We went to Bella Cafe to try and figure it out. Brian called the rental car place and extended his contract, he then decided to go downtown to the bookstore. He bought King Lear, Midsummer Nights Dream, Frankinstien, The O and another book. Then we saw Birkenstocks — he has hated my falling apart sandals and bought me another pair (Merry Christmas) along with ones for himself. Then we headed to Heritage Hotel (only one of two hotels in St Johns) and booked a room for a night. This is the first time in 10 months Brian has been off the boat overnight.
We headed to Hemmingways, just around the corner for a wonderful meal. I had the traditional meal (ducala - sweet potato and coconut roll) and salted fish. Brian had goat curry. We then headed back to the hotel, read a bit from each book and went to bed. Czytaj więcej