While driving down a major freeway the other day, on my way to the old job in an office I haven’t seen in a year, my car suddenly stopped.
Dead. Right there in the middle of major traffic.
Surely this was the sign I’ve been looking for in the past month, since trading Costa Rican paradise for a [...]
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Reality bites
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A letter home
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Dear Costa Rica,
I just wanted to send a note letting you know, my love, that I made it home to Canada safe and sound.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that I miss you desperately and would be on the next plane back to you if I could.
Our trip home was uneventful, though the [...]
In need of a bath
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m dying for a bath.
Sounds odd, I know, but I am. It just suddenly struck me.
I haven’t had one in, oh, at least nine months. That’s almost exactly how long I’ve been living in Costa Rica, a tropical paradise smack in the middle of Central America.
And I could use one. Not because I stink (I [...]
Rough waters ahead
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Riding the rapids of the Rio Sarapiqui brought to mind the ever worsening financial crisis that is gripping the globe, including Costa Rica, where some tourism operators are reporting serious declines in reservations for the upcoming holidays.
After a weekend getaway from our urban home near San Jose, we woke to even more bad news. [...]
Inviting trouble
Posted in Costa Rica, Self discovery, housing, tagged Canadian, Costa Rica, crime, expat, gringos, maid, paranoia, scam, sinister, tica on September 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I just hired a maid. I didn’t mean to. Wasn’t looking for one. But apparently, I’ve now got one, twice a week for two hours each day for a total of $10 per week.
I just hope I haven’t opened the door to another scam or something more sinister.
The transaction began in the morning, as a [...]
Cleaning up after the maid
Posted in Uncategorized on August 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was a kid I had a maid.
Every week she would enter my room, ground zero, carefully stepping along the path from the door to the bed, searching for life under the pile of rubble that often included soiled dishes and green food.
The maid doubled as my nanny and she loved me despite my messy ways, [...]
Disconnecting
Posted in Uncategorized on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gone on vacation . . . check back in a few days.
Meantime, some photos from our week.
Setting the record straight
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
