Marathon and Chores

We have been putting off a trip to Marathon to get haircuts and a few clothing items, so yesterday was our day for the trip. It is only about 10 miles from us, so it's an easy trip. We started out looking for a Hairmasters shop that we found on the Internet, but evidently it has moved, because it was not located at the address we were given. There was another Salon - Headhunters - that was just down the street so we stopped in there to find out about haircut costs. Men's were $15, and women's were $35. Needless to say, I got mine done and Josie has to wait until we find a place that is more reasonable for ladies' cuts. We then went to the "big" store in town - KMart - that is the best place between here and Miami to buy any clothes without paying tourist prices. Actually, since they became part of Sears, their clothes are pretty decent. We each bought some shorts and Josie got a couple tops, and we were more than satisfied.

The day before yesterday, as mentioned in the blog, was very windy and I neglected to mention that we received .5" of rain during the night which is the first rain we had received since we arrived. The forecast yesterday was for possible thunderstorms, but those stayed just north of us so we enjoyed a clear day yesterday. The A/C has been on each of the last 2 days, so we are getting a taste of what the summer will be like. The bad news is that we are being metered for electric as part of our package, so we are trying to use it as little as possible. Overall, it is still a good package, if only the job could measure up.

It is already beginning to look like a ghost town in the park. The annual "winter" crowd is beginning to leave and we are told that they will be almost gone by the end of the first week in April. April 1st is a bad day to travel on the Overseas Highway, the only road in our out of the Keys, because most people leave on that date - from all the Keys. We can watch the traffic jam from our location at the front desk.

Today starts our 5 day work week, so it's an important time frame for us to finalize decisions. Hopefully, we will both get into the corporate system and be able to sign in and out normally like all the other employees. The way it stands right now, we are seriously looking at leaving if this week isn't better. Time will tell...