LAST NIGHT IN COSTA RICA

It is Monday night and we are packed and ready to leave by 10 am tomorrow.

we have been so welcomed and cared for and had so much fun in the last 4 days that it truly makes me melancholy to leave.  Friday we were treated to Samira (our Lebanese sister) and her delicious chicken with cinnamon and allspice and rice. Then Saturday she had a party of 25 brothers and sisters including 2 visiting Beth élites from NY and we danced all of us! well of course not Tifka she had a excuse with  her swollen foot and stayed the night at Ida’s (convenient wasn't it).  Kevin even danced with Cassie!  It was a blast.  Tried to do the Arabic dance and costarican and salsa.  When Samira started the belly dance we waited on the side lines and cheered her on, she had instructed 2 other sisters and they all put on a lovely graceful program.(not sexy at all).

Sunday we had pancakes with flower pattern of apples on the bottom with real maple syrup from Canada!  the meeting was great all came up and gave us hugs and encouragement and just made us- not feel like losers.  wonderful hugs all around!  Sunday we switched camps over to Ida and Nicole's, but first had a treat of eating real southern food at Karin Shickners, Tacos and green beans with yummy bacon.  We ate like pigs!  she also has a house in Texas and gave us permission to stay on our way through the states to Reno.  Wow!  It really is raining blessings, and we don't deserve even one of them,,, but I will take them non the less.  Now the girls are downstairs with Ida, Nicky, Carolina, playing card and laughing like goons.  Kevin and are the old ones upstairs being lazy and updating the blog…someone has to act like a grown up around here!  You would never know Ida has a couple of years on us she is more fun that the girls, she thinks of all the fun stuff  to do, and she constantly has people stopping by or calling on the phone.  She is quite loveable.

 

I tried to make a to do list today, since getting here it has been impossible cause your life changes every second and you really have no control of it, but I think we are going to Chicago, then renting a cheep car to Louisville, then pick up our car at Vivian's work, then run to the thrift store for a few necessary things we couldn't bring (one suitcase each) then crash for the night at Abel and Vivian as, next days the evil day of sorting through our old stuff and seeing what else we can get rid of, visit with our friends in-between, then off to Reno on Saturday, and Kevin thinks we should head through the southern way cause of all the weather.  My hope is to be in Reno by 27th of December.  we will see if it goes that way.

So that our itinerary…next blog will be back in the good old usa

Love you all-and see you Norte Americanos muy pronto!

Katalena