Monday, December 7, 2009

Antigua



We settled into to life in Jolly Harbour, continuing on with boat jobs and ensuring everything fixed and working. Barry and Tommy flew back to their families.

On Thursday 3rd December Jimmy flew up to NY - pre op tests on Friday and surgery on Monday. He called today (monday) just before leaving the hospital - sounded in relatively good spirits considering, but said his arm is all numb and feels like a lead weight. Hopefully he has a good supply of pain killers for the night.

Meanwhile Charlotte and I have been getting into a routine on the boat and catching up with the home schooling. A few boats have recently arrived on the Blue Water Rally across the Atlantic - Charlotte has made friends with 2 girls on one of the boats and we have been going to the pool with them later on in the afternoons. Santa made a visit to Jolly Harbour on Saturday afternoon, arriving in a helicopter! After a long wait, Charlotte got to have her picture taken with him.

Jolly Harbour is always a good place to meet other children and Charlotte made good friends with Zinia (7) from UK who was staying in one of the villas with her mum and brother, waiting for her dad to arrive across the Atlantic on their catamaran.