back in Palacios

We arrived at Serendipity last night, after a few packing delays. Tom has pointed out that when we go cruising, every day we will be having to run through the routine of packing and leaving. I suppose we'll get better at it. We got an RV site for a month so we can leave the popup down here until we get ready to leave on the boat. Serendipity is making noises about charging us "extra" for the kids but since we are renting both a boat slip and a trailer slip they should not be able to do this. This mnorning is bright and sunny, nothing like the weather we had last week. Tom has started on laying the tile in the head and Arthur has set to work on catching a fish. I'm planning to do some housecleaning in the popup (and take a shower if I have time, my cold is back with a vengeance) and then continue painting the boat after lunch while Tom watches the kids. David has already done his math and we still need to knock out spelling: he has been on hiatus from school for almost a month so it is rough getting started. Looking around the popup last night we laughed about living here for two months. Our $250 house was never designed for prolonged habitation. But it feels cosy as we settle back in. We'll be here about a week or until the weather turns sour, then back up to Georgetown to finish painting the house. Our party is postponed until the 23rd so we can take advantage of the weather down here. I'll be sending out an Evite this weekend.

Dana