Just a little over 24 hours stands between me and a sweet reunion in Costa Rica.
Tomorrow I run multiple errands, leave things ready and finished, eat dinner with my family, go to bed, and wake up to start my journey the following day...on my way HOME!
This is all very bittersweet, but the anticipation is helping to lessen the heady emotion.
Pura Vida
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Feliz Navidad
Here at home for Christmas, and two of my three brothers are working this evening in order to have tomorrow (Christmas Day) free. We will go to mass tomorrow morning together, even though my Mom and Dad went this evening. It will be the last time we go altogether for some time, I think.
The tree is lit and the nativity too, my brother is prepping the luminarias to go in front of the house, and Mom is about to bust out the egg nog. All we need is a little snow to make it perfect.
Yes, it must be Christmas.
My best wishes to all of you!
Feliz Navidad!
The tree is lit and the nativity too, my brother is prepping the luminarias to go in front of the house, and Mom is about to bust out the egg nog. All we need is a little snow to make it perfect.
Yes, it must be Christmas.
My best wishes to all of you!
Feliz Navidad!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
a week and a dress
I cannot deny that I am greatly looking forward to escaping the wet and cold of Ohio. What kind of winter weather is rain and wind? So much for a white Christmas! This time last year I was singing the song endlessly and longingly and was blessed to experience a Christmas with snow. Too bad this year will not be like that.
Today I went with my mom to pick out a wedding dress. To preface this I must mention that I went on Monday with two of my closest friends for a session to try things on and such, to get some ideas. This afternoon Mom and I went back and after trying on a few more gowns settled on one that both she and I liked and was within our budget. It still doesn't seem real to me, not at all.
With all this preparation for the wedding here next year (we now have the Church, Priest, Hall and Dress) I just hope that mu hubby will be granted a visa to come! I certainly cannot marry myself at the altar, and at the moment I am not feeling very positive about it. Mom, however, says that she has a good feeling and this makes me feel a little more confident. (see pictures of possible gowns below...I will not spoil the surprise of which I chose in the end.)
Tomorrow is my last day of work, and I am both elated and sad. It has been wonderful to see old friends again, to make new friends and to earn some money. The opportunity has been invaluable!
It has been jokingly said that if nothing else I can open my own bar in Costa Rica, as I will have had enough experience bartending to do so. Haha!
On the whole I am not really prepared to go back...There are still some documents I need to prepare for residency, and having worked a lot the last week I have not had time to take care of the details. Naturally i should have done this much earlier, but I am ashamed to say that there is evidence of my Mother and Father in my procrastination and sluggishness concerning this matter...I really should have taken care of everything back in October. As it is, I hope that Mom will be able to send me the completed documents when I am home in Costa Rica.
Just one more week...I can make it! Getting the feeling that it will go quickly, and thank goodness.
Today I went with my mom to pick out a wedding dress. To preface this I must mention that I went on Monday with two of my closest friends for a session to try things on and such, to get some ideas. This afternoon Mom and I went back and after trying on a few more gowns settled on one that both she and I liked and was within our budget. It still doesn't seem real to me, not at all.
With all this preparation for the wedding here next year (we now have the Church, Priest, Hall and Dress) I just hope that mu hubby will be granted a visa to come! I certainly cannot marry myself at the altar, and at the moment I am not feeling very positive about it. Mom, however, says that she has a good feeling and this makes me feel a little more confident. (see pictures of possible gowns below...I will not spoil the surprise of which I chose in the end.)
Tomorrow is my last day of work, and I am both elated and sad. It has been wonderful to see old friends again, to make new friends and to earn some money. The opportunity has been invaluable!
It has been jokingly said that if nothing else I can open my own bar in Costa Rica, as I will have had enough experience bartending to do so. Haha!
On the whole I am not really prepared to go back...There are still some documents I need to prepare for residency, and having worked a lot the last week I have not had time to take care of the details. Naturally i should have done this much earlier, but I am ashamed to say that there is evidence of my Mother and Father in my procrastination and sluggishness concerning this matter...I really should have taken care of everything back in October. As it is, I hope that Mom will be able to send me the completed documents when I am home in Costa Rica.
Just one more week...I can make it! Getting the feeling that it will go quickly, and thank goodness.
Pura Vida.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
two more weeks!
Daily I go over lists in my mind:
things I need to do,
items I want to buy,
people I want to see,
what I will leave behind.
Luckily I am handling all of this very well. The stress of the holidays and my eminent departure has been very hard on my Mom, who is going through a manic stage of decorating and has been particularly affectionate lately. Looking over the calender the days are becoming fewer and fewer, which is both a relief and a fright. It means that soon I will be headed back to the warmth of my husband and the sun of Costa Rica, but also that I must say a more final goodbye to so many people I will miss.
On the whole, I am looking forward to going home...home is where your heart is. And my heart and soul is in Costa Rica.
Pura Vida!
things I need to do,
items I want to buy,
people I want to see,
what I will leave behind.
Luckily I am handling all of this very well. The stress of the holidays and my eminent departure has been very hard on my Mom, who is going through a manic stage of decorating and has been particularly affectionate lately. Looking over the calender the days are becoming fewer and fewer, which is both a relief and a fright. It means that soon I will be headed back to the warmth of my husband and the sun of Costa Rica, but also that I must say a more final goodbye to so many people I will miss.
On the whole, I am looking forward to going home...home is where your heart is. And my heart and soul is in Costa Rica.
Pura Vida!
Monday, December 12, 2011
17
Seventeen more days.
I can make it.
For some reason I am just feeling really down today, and all I want to do is go home. To run into my husband's arms and stay there forever. Soon!!
Pura Vida...
I can make it.
For some reason I am just feeling really down today, and all I want to do is go home. To run into my husband's arms and stay there forever. Soon!!
Pura Vida...
Monday, December 5, 2011
things I am looking forward to
Only 24 more days until I return to Costa Rica.
Lately the weather here has been less than perfect...a combination of rain and cold that makes your toes numb and your fingers curl around a hot teacup. I suspect too that the weather has been affecting my mood, which has been pretty bad the last few days. My spirits are at an all time low, and I find myself feeling blue and tired. Not even chocolate or Christmas music has helped to cheer me. Thus my writing this blog... things I am looking forward to.
1. Hug my wonderful husband.
2. Kiss my wonderful husband.
3. Sun and humidity.
4. Te frio. (that is, iced tea, Costa Rican style)
5. Hearing "pura vida."
6. Family and friends.
...The 29th cannot come soon enough! Thinking of the items on the above list will help motivate me to make it through the remaining time.
Pura Vida.
Lately the weather here has been less than perfect...a combination of rain and cold that makes your toes numb and your fingers curl around a hot teacup. I suspect too that the weather has been affecting my mood, which has been pretty bad the last few days. My spirits are at an all time low, and I find myself feeling blue and tired. Not even chocolate or Christmas music has helped to cheer me. Thus my writing this blog... things I am looking forward to.
1. Hug my wonderful husband.
2. Kiss my wonderful husband.
3. Sun and humidity.
4. Te frio. (that is, iced tea, Costa Rican style)
5. Hearing "pura vida."
6. Family and friends.
...The 29th cannot come soon enough! Thinking of the items on the above list will help motivate me to make it through the remaining time.
Pura Vida.
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