Two If By Sail

Another ho-hum Florida sunset… ☺️

Life, it’s a whirlwind… When we first arrived in Stuart I was filling my days playing mahjong, going to ladies’ lunches, and taking yoga classes. What a fun and wonderful time I was having.

As most of you know, I’ve been looking for some kind of job for quite a while. Apparently, retired women over 50 aren’t super desirable in today’s workforce. Well, last week someone decided to open the flood gate! I received 2 jobs on the same day.

Monday I started a remote temp job. I’m scoring vocal responses to standardized testing for ESL students. It’s a 5 week contract. It was supposed to be M-F for a total of 35 hours a week. It’s turning into M-Sat for a total of 50 hours a week. I’ve also been hired as a tram driver for the city of Stuart. This job will start 1 day after my current job ends. Talk about hitting the ground running!

Brett continues his work in online psychotherapy. And he’s in charge of getting the electrical situation on the boat squared away. We haven’t had an electricity onboard since December. We are on our 3rd contractor before someone followed through on the job.

On a side note… I’m still managing yoga classes 5 days a week. As we (Brett is going to some yoga classes too) were standing outside this morning, waiting for class to start, we witnessed this. The driver was an 80-something gray hair who mistook the gas pedal for the brake. God was watching over the ladies inside the salon. There were just a few feet between everyone walking away ok (praise God) to the alternative that could have happened.

Life is not dull or boring for the Smiths!

(And here’s another amazing sunset pic for good measure. ) - Jan