Mail on Island Time

February 20, 2011
We just heard from a home town friend upon her arrival in Marsh Harbor to visit another Texas boat. We look forward to seeing Shelby and finally meet the crew of Lady Sarah, whose hailing port is Kemah. Actually, they are from Rockport and we have been near a few times but never met.
Without thinking, I asked Poozak to forward our home mail in the usual way. Thing is that deze islands a no usual place, Mon. When I popped by the office to see if we had mail, they asked how it was sent: FedEX, UPS or DHL. Oops, thinks I. I mentioned that I thought the package might have been sent regular mail. You should have seen the looks on their faces. A huge grin spread across the faces of the folks in the bar/office/restaurant. Severe laughing broke out and it was about then I knew I messed up. The slip rental form suggested a post office box as the place to have mail sent. The barkeep/manager/chef said that indeed mail does come to that address but it will be a matter of months, not weeks before it finds its way to the addressee, if at all. One lady said she is still waiting for a package sent over a year ago. So much for that batch of mail. The mail gets to Nassau quickly then it is sent via inter tube or air mattress to the out islands. Now that is real time display of island time. Meanwhile, we will look forward to the next batch of mail to be sent by FedEX. Dang, our new Latts and Atts magazine was in that pile. By the time we get it, it will have more sea miles than we. Guess we will just have to read another book or two in the interim--or not.