11-6?-02

Yesterday we were at that place 'till after 3:00. WAY too long! But Brett got us food stamps & so we went grocery shopping. After we ate, we were in bed & someone ******' knocked on the boat! We were like what the ****!? A couple seconds after they knocked, we saw their shadow leave. Brett wanted to peek out & look, but I told him that'd be a bad idea. First we thought maybe it was someone we knew, but then we realized they wouldn't come & knock on our boat at 9:00 at night. So soon, Brett peeked his head out a little & slowly. He saw some man standing up by the bathrooms (which are right at the top of our dock) & then a few seconds after, the man moved & then went down the next dock over & probably into his boat. We didn't know what the hell to think (except that maybe it was a nark tryin' to warn us, or just give us ****). So we just went to sleep. & right as I reached that point to where yr half asleep & half awake, we heard someone walk up to the boat again. We waited & waited & nothing happened, & we never heard them even walk away again. & we fell asleep. Strange, strange! Anyway, this mornin' we went & signed up for a free meal at Bread & Roses again & then we went & ATE our meal! Besides the good coffee & doughnuts they had this time at the place where we sign up, once we got there & found a table for two, we got coffee & another doughnut! Yum! Then we got pretzels (2 bags- saved one), then the meal (we got the vegetarian) goulash over rice w/zucchini! & buttered bread, orange juice & apple sauce & all the coffee we wanted! I was SO extremely full! Then we went to the boat to get our dirty clothes, & went to do laundry. We ended up seeing Augustino there too. He was also doin' laundry I guess. He got us both a cafe au lait & told us he had 2 batteries for us, they were chargin' in his charger. So I'm wide awake on coffee & Brett's freakin' out on coffee & we get back to the boat, & as I'm finally puttin' the sheets back on the bed, Brett's out by the motor. I thought he was tryin' to finally get it up, out of the water, until I heard it start (I guess he was just tryin' to start it the whole time). I'm like, "Brett, what are you doin'? Whydju' start the motor?"
He's like, "We're goin' to the park."
I'm like, "But we don't have our bikes, & we don't even have all the sandpaper we need."
He was wantin' to sand it, 'cause Aug. told us we should do it right away, 'cause it's gonna' rain tomorrow & Fri. But anyway, Brett's all high & ******' freakin' on coffee & we start to move the boat & I'm like, "But now we're gonna' have to pay again."
"It's only 16 bucks, we're okay," he says.
So we make it there (it's just across the way) & I jump off with a line & Brett outs the motor in reverse when, I dunno', he shouldn't have or something & I guess the motor made a funny noise & then I watched as the side of the boat rams into the dock & it's LOUD & crunchy sounding & it leaves a black mark on the boat. Anyway, I get pissed, 'cause I realize what just happened. I'm like, "What the hell Brett? Now I have to go pay, & we don't even need to sand the boat right now. We GOT the slip, ya know? & we don't even have the **** we need." So then it starts to sink into his head too. & he's real sorry. "I ****** up bad, okay?" he says. "Please forgive me. "We don't even have a full day here, the sun'll be down in a couple hrs, & we don't even have someone to help us back into the slip. I ******* up, so now we've gotta' make the best of it. We either have to work, or call someone to help us back." He goes to call Keith & I call my mom. I had planned to call her today, so I talk to her- & she might come w/Lee for Thanksgiving! Yay! Anyway, Keith'll help us in the morning, so we go to buy more sandpaper & buy varnish too & decide that hey- at least, maybe it's good that we're not there another night. You know? At the slip. So we get back & work & Aug shows up. (He had told us,"Oh u don't need to go to the park to sand."- whatever Aug.) So I think he's a little disappointed, but he gets our motor up & tells us the batteries will be at his dock & we can come later & get them. Then he leaves & we talk a little about him. First of all, things I don't think I've written yet- Hans & Louie know him & called him a vulture. They don't like him- & also, some man walked by one night while we were at the park, & asked Brett (after he had seen the name of the boat), if we had bought it from Augustino! So we think he's been tryin' to sell it under our noses! Tellin' us to get it all cleaned up- "no, no securing a slip & getting insurance aren't important, just clean the whole boat out, clean MY whole boat up." (sarcasm!) Anyway, & when I saw him at the laundromat, he seemed weird, like he wouldn't look me in the eye. He says he stopped by this mornin' & I ask him, "Oh- did u knock on our boat last night?"
& he's like, "No, it's probably the dock master wondering if it's a live aboard."
I'm like, "No, I know it wasn't the dock master. It was some man." Anyway, so we figure, he just wants the ******' boat & he's- oh yeah- & when he came over he's like,"But everything's okay w/the marina right? You just came over here to do this right?" Tryin' to act all concerned about us, when really, all he wanted to hear I'm sure, is, "No, we got kicked out!" But uh, so we decided we need to cut him off completely. So tomorrow before we leave, we're gonna' give him the sander back & his wet/dry vac. & we're not goin' to get the batteries tonight. Tomorrow we're goin' to Home Depot to buy our own smaller wet/dry vac for 30 bucks & some sanding blocks & cheaper sandpaper, & then we can do section by section in the slip & not make a buncha' noise. & I'll buy NEW batteries when we NEED them. Aug. was like, tellin' us he has batteries for us, so we can hook up our 12 volt system & we can go anywhere. It's like, where the hell do we need to go Aug.!? Um- recently I tried to call my dad, 'cause he wanted to hear from me, & I want to talk to him too! But I didn't catch 'em, so I left a message. & just recently, while I was out helpin' Brett put on the new dock lines he's makin', he heard the pay phone ringing, & so I ran up to it, after I realized it might be my dad, & it rang a million times before I finally reached it, I pick it up & say,"Hello?' & they hang up at the exact same moment. So that really sucked & I tried to call back again, but it was takin' a while & Brett needed my help, so I hung up before I could see if he answered. I'm sad! I wanted to talk to him, but hopefully I can get a hold of him tomorrow! But I also found a little penny pouch next to the phone & took it. I counted the change & there's a dollar-thirty-five in it. So maybe it was God that called me on the phone & gave me some change that maybe I'll need in the next day or two for some phone calls I might need to make or something. Phew- I gotta' stop writin' for now & maybe for the night.