Iguana Soup

 Facts/Observations

1.     Burning trash smells the same in all countries

2.     I haven’t eaten fast food in weeks

3.     An American spoke to me in Spanish while in the water and I had no idea what she said

4.     Kids don’t need to speak the same language to communicate and play together

5.     Men should not wear speedo type bathing suites.

6.     5 or 6 horses run free around town and on the beach.

I would say we are getting into a routine.

The day usually starts about 7:00. The kids get dressed and eat then I walk them to school which takes about 6 minutes.

When I get back a  few minutes after 8:00 Amy is usually getting up. She usually makes us blended iced coffee. Which is great. The local coffee places somehow serve warm iced coffee. It defies the laws of nature not to mention disappointing.

Amy and I usually sit and drink our coffee together. Then we sometimes take a walk, go surfing, swimming, return e-mails and phone calls, go check out a new beach. We usually go to the larger town (Nicoya) which is 45 minutes away 1 time a week to shop. Things are cheaper and there is much more selection there.

Somehow it’s 3:00 and time to pick the kids up again.

After school the kids are ready for a snack. If they didn’t bring a friend home from school there is usually other kids or friends from school on the beach. They generally play until 6:00 when it gets dark.

Dinner is usually between 6:30 and 7:00. Then its time to get ready for bed. The kids actually play together until bed. Believe it or not they haven’t watched TV in weeks as we don’t have a TV here. They still have there I pods and DS games but no TV. The crazy thing is they haven’t asked for TV in 2 weeks.

We try to get the kids in bed at 8:00 – 8:30.

After the kids are down Amy usually gets on the computer and I set out back and relax listening to the waves, and or make some phone calls.

The last 2 Friday nights we have had some other kids over for dinner which the kids enjoy.

Saturday is spent with friends on the beach or an outing exploring another spot.

Sunday starts with church at 10:00. The afternoon is usually hanging out again. Today I helped 2 other dads from the school build some needed desks, Dane and Zeke swam at a friends and Genevieve and Amy went to a friends hotel and swam and visited.

All and all pretty simple. Non stressful. We are enjoying our time here.

I do want to get involved somehow somewhere. I would like to do something of value. Although I’m not sure what that looks like yet. Amy has encouraged me not to show up and “fix” everything like us Americans are prone to doing. She has encouraged me to look for opportunities while building relationships. My wife is smarter than I often give her credit………..