As I mentioned, I have had to completely revamp my budget for Roatan now that I'm leaving seven weeks earlier than planned. I was happy that I was going to be in good shape financially, as this extra 7 weeks would amount to at least another $2500-3000 in the bank before leaving. I am leaving in two short months now, and I can make this work but it's going to be a lot tighter than I would like it to be. I also was missing a new list of things in my budget: cell phone in West End, ...
Don’t wait for a guarantee before taking action.
It is no secret that I love Kute Blackson - this recent video of his makes me feel a lot better about what I just did.First couple minutes are a little fluffy for me, start at 1:30 if you want. ...
In my hands.
As I mentioned yesterday, I have big news to share.Operation "move to Roatan at the end of September 2012 and become a dive instructor" is no longer happening.Because.......I'm holding a plane ticket, and the date on it is August 11, 2012.Holy. frickin. crap.There is a good reason and a long story behind this, but at the moment I'm spending half my time panicking about leaving nearly two full months earlier than planned...and the other half completely giddy at the thought ...
Roatan recap.
Let's get real for a minute here. I could have written this post a lot earlier. I have been home for almost two weeks. What gives?I have been avoiding writing about my Roatan trip.I don't know how many of you are "travel back-ers" (ie. you go back to somewhere you've already traveled to before) but up until this point, I was not one of them. I have had limited time off and limited budgets so I have tried to get to as many different places as possible. This was my first time going back to a ...
Decompressing.
I am home and definitely have a lot to share with you all about my Roatan trip. It was a different experience than the first time I was there, in both good and bad ways. For now though, I am still overwhelmed by being back in a huge city and being right back to work with both jobs... and also with not drinking rum at breakfast. So thanks to everyone for the emails and comments while I was away. I will get to you all, I promise!Stay tuned for a detailed post but in the meantime, here's the ...
She's royal.
Still in West End, Roatan.... still loving life. The rain has stopped and the weather is gorgeous! We've had a beach day and today my friend started her open water course. I came along for the confined water part to test out my new equipment and she ended up not being able to complete it. Poor girl had a panic attack underwater. Some people just aren't cut out for it. She is going to try a Discover Scuba course instead - if she can do two more skills then she can try an open water dive. We will ...
Hola from Honduras.
That is a pretty misleading title. Not because I'm not in Honduras (I am!) but because I am in my beautiful second home of Roatan, and they don't speak Spanish here! Well, they do, but English (with a delicious Caribbean accent) is most islanders' first language.I arrived yesterday, promptly got a rum punch in each hand and have been catching up with friends since. There is definitely a different vibe here in the slow season. It's also really rainy and gross right now and that always tends to ...
I made it!!
I have been waiting for this day since, well, this day.I'M GOING TO ROATAN TOMORROW! AND I MUST WRITE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I AM VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.For the next 8 days....You can find me here:And doing this:And eating these:And also doing this, lots of this:And a little bit of this:I figured out how to post from my iPhone, which I am bringing with me, so I think you all might get a post or two out of me while I'm away. Maybe even a sunny ...
Thanks people.
Thank you to the people who leave tips in tip jars. You totally don't have to, it's not like I'm serving you at a restaurant or anything... I know you had to wait in line for 20 minutes to order your gelato, and then the server had to rush you a bit to order because we had people out the door and while we'd really love to give you 10 samples and tell you all about our amazing flavors, we just don't have the time when it's busy. But thank you for leaving us a tip anyway. Thank you for ...
When your brain starts to leave.
I thought I was getting the hang of this working 70-80 hours a week thing. I wrote a post all about how to work two full-time jobs. I have perfected cooking a week's worth of breakfasts, lunches and dinners in one night - case in point, here is this week:I have been keeping all my menu planning for my weekly batch cooking - if anyone is interested just email me. It is mainly vegan/vegetarian/gluten-free food and I only spend about $45/week to feed one person 3 meals a day ...