It's been a busy last few days which is why I haven't posted anything. On Monday, I had my appointment with a new chiropractor at 1200. As I had a few things to do in the neighborhood I got there quite early. I've been on blood pressure meds for years and my supply was getting down so I stopped at the local "Botika" for what ever I could get. It was a busy store since it was a Monday and they are closed(as most businesses are) on Sunday and I waited my turn. When I got to the counter, I pulled out my bag of bottles(four) and the clerk seemed a bit taken aback. I pulled out the bottles one by one and she confirmed that she had them in stock. She took the bottles and I took a chair. About 20 minutes later, I got called to the counter and handed a bill of $88 guilders($49US) for a thirty day supply of pills. Not cheap by VERY necessary. I paid at the front counter and returned to the pharmacy area and again took a seat. A few minutes later, I was handed my pills and off I went.
Needing some Guilders, I stopped at an ATM only to find that it didn't accept my card. The second one did so I had money to pay for my chiropractor visit as she doesn't accept credit cards(doesn't do emails either). Off for her office, getting there at 1150. She opened the door(always kept locked for some reason) and I took a chair. At 1240 I finally got in to see her. My session lasted about 40 minutes and I got every bone in my back and neck cracked at least once and some probably twice. I've go some tingling in the tips of my fingers on my right hand and figured something was out of line. She also pounded my back with some kind of tool and then messaged the muscles in my back and both arms. I did feel better when I left but the tingling still hasn't gone away. I've another appointment with her late this morning. Being so late and as I had two more places to visit plus catching a lunch of some sort, I didn't get back to the boat till after 1500. A long day with lots of delays.
Tuesday was a holiday here in Curacao so nothing happened and we never left the boat. We did get an email from the welder that our tank was ready so we called and reserved a rental car for yesterday(Wednesday). They picked us up about 0930 and once the paperwork was done, we dropped off our laundry and headed for the welder. Being a very busy place and it being the day after a holiday, we again waited as other people got helped ahead of us. In the end, the tank got loaded into the car and the bill paid($400US) and off we went. We needed more cat litter and a few more things our local grocery store doesn't carry so we were all over town again not getting back to Zephyr till 1500.
As we pulled the tank out of the car, we could hear more chunks of debris bouncing inside the tank!! It was supposed to be empty but apparently more things had popped free. We were both upset that what we thought was fixed still had problems. Once back on the boat, we started the same thing we had done before, pouring water into the tank and trying to get what was inside out. We'd gotten all the big chunks out before the "repair" so most of what we got out this time was much smaller chunks. We had to stop about 1630 as I had to take off to pick up our laundry at 1700. Now we get to start the patching of all the smaller holes that are still in the tank. The welder covered the big holes but there are a dozen or so smaller holes that we will be covering with JB Weld today, plus once thats dry, putting in more water and trying to get what's left in the tank out. Gee, are we living the dream or what?