Life changes swiftly sometimes. I made it from Michigan, out of my cold and dreary state. My mind was as gloomy as the weather and life had become just as cold and stagnant. My day to day routine consisting of talking myself out of bed and taking so many herbal supplements I began thinking I would turn into a circular Symplex f pill if I didn't do something new. Brad had left a few weeks before, eventually winding up on a sailmakers sailboat in the U.S. Virgin Islands. I was making moves to follow but things were dragging along. Things came up one after another. My moms house caught fire and things didn't seem to be moving in the direction of new surroundings. I sold some of my things and found a cheap ticket. Now I am here in the Virgin Islands with Brad. We work daily with Manfred, a nearly 80 year old sailmaker who has lived in the Islands since 1963. We sleep on a sailboat he owns and Brad is learning to weld. Hassel Island is like a mixture of India and Costa rica. A cast of hermit crabs roam the sidewalks by day, accompanied by an ostentation of peacocks and the occasional wild chicken. By night the rats, roaches and spiders scurry around. We've been helping Manfred with all sorts of projects, from sail repairs to sail bag creation, painting buildings, repairing canvas ceilings and the notorious awning "fuck-up". So far I've made it through a strange episode of bum-wee, a swollen eye due to a mysterious bite and staph. Brad has maintained good health and has avoided spider bites, built like a tank that one. It's hard to say what is going on with my Endometriosis without being examined by a doctor, although my menstruation has become a bit more even keel I have begun to feel full as I did before being diagnosed. I have been militant with my herbal supplement regimen and things have been about the same. I figure if I'm gonna have health shit, I would rather endure in the sunshine.
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