Alonso's New Carrier

Sometimes the most exciting things in a day revolve around Alonso.  He is truly cute and very stubborn and I wish Nona and Jorge the best of luck once this guy can move and talk!  That will be the day! 

Alonso hates wearing clothes and hates being cooped up.  SO when Nona put him in the carrier just to see what would happen he was not happy!  We had a good time with it and laughed and he participated until he just couldn’t handle it anymore.

The customers were laughing as Nona was jumping around with him.  Good times at work!  As stated before there is never a dull moment here!  

Drinks Anyone?

Friday night we had all discussed going and grabbing a few drinks.  Jorge pooped out and Sabina declined.  Saturday morning came and Jorge was all excited about going out that night.  I thought to myself, I am going to come in at 8 and no one is going to go out which will make me wish I had never come in, in the first place!

I talked with Sabina that afternoon and she was for certain not going out!  I said ok well I will still stop by regardless and take it from there.  It worked!  We all finally went out for drinks together.  Jorge was still ready for the night and Sabina had changed her mind.  It was actually quite hard to hear each other over all of the loud music from the bar, but it was in fact the first time the crew was together.  It was Saturday night and where else to go but Coco’s!  The band is always a great time!    

The rain was steadily getting faster and I decided to make my way home earlier than I normally would have.  Sabina left, followed by myself.  Apparently the boys stayed out till the wee hours of the night!  On my way home it was literally like I was biking through a Tsunami.  I couldn’t see, my make up was everywhere… the lights went out.  I had to slow down to a crawl… since I couldn’t see the holes in the ground which are literally everywhere…. I was starting to get kind of nervous when the lights turned back on and I booked it home!  When I entered my cabina my hair was matted and I looked like a wet warrior animal!  Soo basically I didn't look that fabulous, in fact quite the opposite!  

 

House Watching

A week ago I housed sat for Jorge and Nona.  They had to make their way to San Jose to file paperwork for Alonso’s citizenship for the states.  So I made myself comfortable and kept house. 

Monday night I decided it would be more fun to invite some people my way.  Sabina, Sam, Glenn, Troy, Rebecca and myself all sat outside and had some drinks.  Sabina and I drinking the fabulous boxed red wine and the boys drinking the good ole imperial. 

I had gone next door and ordered some pasta for dinner.  I ran into some fellow expats in the restaurant gave my hello and went back next door.  A couple from LA live on my street and had some guests in town, one of them happened to join us later that evening in front of Willie’s.  He was quite the entertainer, very funny and fun to be around! 

After a while the boys moved on to Coco’s while Sabina and I stayed and had some girl time.  We settled on joining the boys for only one more drink, which somehow turned into 2:30 in the morning?  We couldn’t believe how fast the time had passed and quickly all returned to our homes for sleep.

It was a fun night all in all but the next morning came very quickly!! I will say that I think the wine helped me sleep in the new atmosphere.  Especially down in Costa Rica the creepy crawly “things” freak me out at night.  I panicked in the beginning of sleep and gradually gave in.  It didn’t help that earlier that night when Jorge called to give and receive an update, told me not to worry that the noises were just bats, geckos oh yeah and rats!! But he was pretty sure the rat was dead…  OOHH GeE good to know!!!

Day two of house sitting I had the morning off.  We were all feeling a bit rough with the lack of sleep we had imposed on ourselves.  I decided it was a glorious morning, had a cup of coffee (weird I drink coffee now!) and went to breakfast at Annette’s.  I decided breakfast is to much for me.  I need just a few light things in my stomach, a big meal is to hard for my body to adjust to. 

Afterwards I grabbed my stuff and headed to the beach with Glenn and Sam.  It was Glenn’s last day in town and we were sad he was leaving.  We decided that we were going to celebrate that evening and go out to dinner one last time together. 

Upon dinner time, Glenn was a no show… we were worried and called his house.  They told us he was so ill he would not come to the phone.  We went to grab some dinner anyway to realize we too were not feeling that well and called it an early night.  I quickly talked to some friends and family from home and went to bed!  We were nervous since apparently swine flu had started to go around in our area.  In fact some of the schools closed for an extra week due to the impact of the swine flu!!   

All in all house sitting wasn’t bad.  It was however hard to live there and work there all in one.  It seemed as though my days were endless and I couldn’t decipher what happened when and where!  I was very happy when Jorge and Nona and of course baby Alonso returned!!  I was very excited to spend the night in my little cabina!!

Crowded Day at the Beach

After days of rain we were blessed with glorious Sunday weather.  It rained as I made my way to the market that morning.  I arrived home to make a fruit salad when the skies shifted.  I quickly changed grabbed my stuff and Rebecca, Sam and I made our way to the National Park.

Two weeks prior the kids were let out on school vacation, depending on the school it was either two weeks or a month.  The beach was filled with families and friends.  It looked like Cahuita had been taken over by spring breakers.  There was food and soccer, running around, dancing, drinking, everyone filled with laughter and happiness. 

Rebecca made fun of me, calling me a little girl for being so anxious to get to the beach.  We walked farther down to get away from the crowded areas.  Sam swam in the rough waves.  Rebecca and I chatted about Twilight, which seems ages ago that I read those books!  It was a glorious day!!  Ending with tea and chatting on my front porch at the end of the evening.

Animal Planet Costa Rica Style

Living in Cahuita at times my frustration is with the wildlife.  It consumes and becomes overwhelming at times.  It literally has become Animal Planet gone crazy here the past few weeks.

One morning, I reached down to grab my backpack and out popped a poisonous dart frog... where did that come from??  It than became a game how to get him out.  Luckily he was a good sport and hopped his way back on out.  I was afraid if I left him in the cabina he would die. 

The other day a bat flew through the house/work place.  When I say flew, I mean landed on Jorge's head.  I stood up to see what the commotion was about as the bat came flying my way.  He kept landing on the ground struggling to get in the air.  The real bats actually look like the fake ones that we see for Halloween.  Literally like that rubbery material!  

While playing cards with Scott and Sam a huge green cicada came wondering in.  They were all in awe with it, it was a really big and I would of preferred looking at it on the outside of my cabina.

Another night playing cards with Sam, Glenn and Rebecca a huge and I mean huge beetle came flying in.  It was like that big beetle from that cartoon movie ants I want to say.  I screamed... twice because it flew at me twice.

I had to drown a spider and make it go down the drain... Long process but finally went down.

The other day, I was reopening at 3 and right beside me were two gecko's were in the process of making baby gecko's...  Sometimes I can't help but wonder why am I seeing this...

Than that night a huge bug with huge antennas came flying in at all of us.. All of us girls were screaming and Alonso was the only one fascinated by the entire situation.  

While sitting at work and reading during the closed portion of the day I heard a rustle behind me, I didn't think anything of it until Nona screamed and pointed, "Oh my gosh a squirrel!"  A squirrel just freaking out behind me no big deal!!

Than in bed reading, a cockroach decided it would join me!  I looked down when I saw movement and of course screamed and jumped!  It flew and it was a big whole ordeal!  Lots of screaming involved.  I was not happy that night with the cockroaches, I even went after a few with the broom.  Normally I let them go about their business and I go about mine, but NOT if they get into my bed... that is a big no no....  That is supposed to be my safety zone!!

Soo needless to say sometimes the animals/insects what have you can be a bit distressing.... Even though making for great stories and funny situations later on.

Jorge's Bday - No Ordinary Monday

Jorge, like me, dreads his birthday.  Monday was his birthday and in the morning I said, "A little birdie told me it was your birthday!!"  He decided it was a good idea to celebrate that evening.  He went with pizza and wine.  While at work, I watched over Alonso while Nona made a birthday cake.  The first one didn't turn out so well... so in the afternoon she made a second birthday cake.  The first one I tried to make her feel better saying it wasn't that bad, and it wasn't until she tried to take it out of the pan and it split in half.  Never a dull moment here at work!!

That day we were quite busy at work both in the morning and the afternoon.  I ended up staying open past 8, while they set up outside and started drinking wine.  Both Sabina's came and we had a wonderful time sitting outside chatting.  I normally do not like red wine, however this boxed red wine was the best!! It tasted marvelous and may have even convinced me to purchase a box!!

A character named Pino (an Italian now tico) joined us as well.  There is not a harder accent to follow than an Italian gone Spanish, I literally never know what they are saying.  Much laughter and joy throughout the night.  All in all a wonderful day to celebrate a birthday.  

For Jorge's birthday I bought him a large Imperial (the most popular beer in Costa Rica).  It seemed to everydayish to buy him a regular can, so I went with the big glass bottle.  He was distressed that I bought him a present but when he saw that it was a beer was delighted!! Yay since I have no money to buy anything else!

The next morning the first thing Jorge asked me was if I had a headache.  When I said no, he seemed a little disappointed realizing that he may be the only one that ended up with a headache.  I found it hilarious and meant that the celebration had ended well!  There was much gossip shared, some more shocking than others.  All in all very entertaining.  

Baby Alonso

While feeling crappy and recovering on the 4^th of July from my fun experience with food poisoning.  It taking me three hours to eat my breakfast, baby Alonso  was my entertainment.  He truly is one of the cutest babies ever and fills my heart with laughter.  He has discovered the noises his mouth can make and uses them to his fullest.  He does this thing where he seems like he is clearing his throat and an elephant sound as well.  He is quite the little mimic and can almost redo any noise you make, pa, ma, ca, etc.  it’s quite the entertainment!  He also about flew off the couch and I almost crapped my pants for the second time that day.  He made a fake out which I jumped at and than did a real one which I still jumped at luckily almost had a heart attack that followed. 

He is such a fun baby and it’s fun to see a baby changing everyday.  I know so many friends and family back home with their babies or about to have their babies and it makes me think them and all of the exciting times that lay ahead.  I can’t wait to see them all when I return home!!!!  It’s incredible how fast time flies and what comes with that fast paced journey.