In theory, moving home with the folks for the month prior to our departure to Costa Rica seemed like a good proposition.
In practise, the experiment blew up in my face on the first night. Despite being near 40 and a mother of two, I found myself suddenly thrust back in time, like a 14-year-old bringing [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Setting the record straight
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Keeping up appearances
Posted in Self discovery on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Confession time: I am a slob. A pig. A clutter-bug.
As I write, the kitchen floor beckons, “Please, please clean me.”
Yet here I sit. Happier to pound away on the keyboard instead of cleaning up, despite the fact that I have mere hours to finish the job and get out my house.
It wasn’t always this way [...]
Not gone, but already forgotton
Posted in Self discovery, tagged central valley, Costa Rica on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The mommy club is closed. I’m not quite gone, but already forgotten. I’m out.
We have one more month before we leave for Costa Rica, settling in the lush central valley where the temperature (apparently) never goes above 25 C or below 20 C. But already my mommy friends are moving on, planning summer outings and [...]
Practical matters
Posted in storage on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re considering a move to foreign land you might first want to take a hard look at yourself and how you cope with stress.
It seems the older I get the less I’m able to deal with major upheaval and this move is taking its toll. I’m barking orders at my kids and husband like [...]
A cat conundrum
Posted in critters, tagged cat, Tucker on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My cat’s name is Tucker.
He arrived at this name in earnest. A fluffy, black and white little thing that looked like a tiny lion, he was cute but crazy. He used to eat my plants and tear up the house. It drove me mad, causing me to shout out, ‘You little . . . .’ [...]
Here we go again
Posted in Self discovery, tagged Central America, Elizabeth Gilbert on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I wrote my second post and probably committed the cardinal sin of blogging. I went back and hit delete a few hours later. After reading it, again, again, and again (once again a writer’s insecurity rearing its ugly head) I realized it was trite and cliche.
Setting out on a voyage that requires packing [...]
An unexpected gift
Posted in Costa Rica, tagged Charles Adler, Costa Rica, Joshua Lall on June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s nothing like dropping a line to an old friend and ending up on national radio.
My intention was to send a quick e-mail to my friend and colleague, well-known radio host and provocative political commentator Charles Adler, to let him about our year-long sabbatical to Costa Rica. The unexpected result was him wanting to talk [...]
