Wed. 10-23-02

Ick, ick, ick, yuk! Puke, puke! Don's on a date tonight & so Brett & I took it upon ourselves to clean some **** outta' the boat. This man has a serious psychological problem. I mean, chunks of broken wood, broken cords, empty pudding cups, dirt, dirt, dirt, things that we don't even know, ****! & all this & more was just in one quarter berth (sleeping spot)! We got a whole box filled (a big one) of **** we thought he'd like to keep, & 2 or 3 huge black garbage bags full of throw away stuff.& 1 big bag of garbage he'll probably want to look through! Augustino stopped today & brought us a wet/dry vac. But he wouldn't take a picture of the boat, 'cause we don't have the inside cleaned out. I said, "Well isn't it more important to get insurance & secure a slip!?"
& he's like, "No, no! You clean the inside & then we'll take the picture & bring to the dock master & maybe get you extra week."
I'm like, "There's a boat already comin' in on the 1st."
"Who told you that?" he asks.
I tell him Don did. He talked to the dock master already. Then he tells me we're gonna' do it anyway 'cause the dock master probably just said that 'cause they want him out & this 'n that. So whatever. He also wants us to sand & varnish all the wood. So after he left, we started on that right away. Of course we didn't finish sanding or anything. We're not even close. & then we took a break & ate some spaghetti & I called ____.

I'm gonna' skip some drama here that I don't think anyone would be too interested in reading.

& then, we went to get spaghetti sauce for our noodles. I guess we didn't eat until after that. On the way to the store- we had to walk our bikes, 'cause mine had a flat- he's talkin' about what we're doin' out here. How when he was here w/Kit doin' this same ****, how he suddenly had to leave. He'd told Kit, "I don't know what it is man, but there's somethin' I have to do." He thought it was maybe to finish school/get his G.E.D. (which he never did), or put a show together (which never amounted to anything 'cause all those people are screwed up now). So he says, "I'm assuming it was you. Ya' know? I mean, I had to go back for some reason, &...there ya' are."

So um, Don's still not back & Brett's on his way to sleepin'. Neither one of us are lookin' forward to to seein' how Don's gonna' take the fact that we went in there & delt w/some of his ****. So I hope to fall asleep soon too. I called my dad tonight also. He's SO happy for me. He thinks it's real cool. & I was so happy to talk w/him. He always makes me feel so assured. Remindin' me of Romans 8:28 & tellin' me to not worry & God will work it all out & to just do good for other people always! But my hand hurts from tryin' to write all this down, so I'm gonna' rest & try to sleep now.

Tue. 10-22-02

Well, it's after 6:00pm & we haven't eaten yet today- but Don just ordered us a large pizza! We woke up this mornin' & did laundry & Brett swam in the pool. Then we cleaned the whole outside of the boat. An EXTREME job! Augustino stopped by & took some "before" pictures. Then Brett & I biked to Tobacco Traders to see if I could get the job. I left my name & Don's #. The woman seemed very nice & she knows it's Aug. that told me about it. She's givin' my name & # to the boss tomorrow. We came back & Brett & Don brought some more stuff (from the outside of the boat) to the storage space. & I FINALLY called SOMEONE! My GRAM! I guess everyone's been really worried, so I told her everything that's been goin' on. Then I called my mom. I guess she had pneumonia, but she's better now. She was SO happy to hear from me!-Oh, pizza's here, I gotta' stop writin' for a minute.- Delicious veggie pizza!! Anyway, um, my mom was happy for me! She'll wire me the money when I need it & she might pay for the slip. She was SO glad to hear from me! She said don't worry about anything & she's gonna' pray for us & if it doesn't work out, it's okay, I'll learn a lesson. Um, tomorrow we're gonna' work on getting insurance & finding a slip. I'm gonna' read my book now for a while.

A Return to the Journals...

I'd like to summarize a couple days. Sunday, 10-20-02, Brett & I biked around Venice Beach, amused by all the people putting on acts. We didn't look for jobs this day because most everything was closed. We went to the boat earlier than usual (we were still staying in the boat Augustino's friend owned) & listened to a John Cale tape we had bought. The next day we got up early, went to the grocery store for breakfast & decided to give the boat keys back to Augustino afterwards. I'll quote the rest of this day:

We get to the store & some guy who just pulled up starts talkin' to us 'bout what we're doin'. Travelin' & ****. He's from New York & he lives here now. He ended up talkin' to us for about an HOUR! Kept sayin',
"I gotta' go!"
Then he'd walk over to his car, start talkin' some more & come over to us again. Anyway, it was 10:00 when we could finally leave- but the guy bought us orange juice, bagels, & apples n' pears! So instead of goin' to Augustino's, we had to go straight to Don's. We went to the D.M.V. & took care of **** (after Don bought us both a large coffee & some doughnuts!) Then we had to do a bunch of work at his storage space. Then we came back, & Don & Brett went to drop off some boxes that were on the boat, back to the storage, & I biked to Aug.'s to drop off the keys. Of course he made me tea & fed me dates & Brett & I ended up meeting on bikes on the way back 'cause he was worried about me, so then we went to the grocery & ate (**** is SO expensive now 'cause a' the war!) Anyway, now we're on the boat. We're sleepin' on the outside of it. Don gave us a key & tomorrow we hopefully get enough work done on the outside of the boat, for Aug. to get a picture of it & get us insurance. Oh- & Aug. gave me the # & address to Tobacco Traders, one of the girls who worked quit & I'm gonna' fill out an app. It's only weekends though. But hey- anything works!