Costa Rica June 2013

Expat living—June 2013.

Always on vacation here in Costa Rica.  No structure, no working,  Just house stuff, recreational, leisure,  inner life,  the jungle, nature, other people on vacation or just living and workers we hire.   I came back from Minnesota and was sick for a week—stomach bug—I who never gets sick got sick.  I guess the stress of traveling and change lowered my resistance, but just for a week  The worst part was the low energy. 

We have had two parties.  Joe’s birthday and a benefit for the volunteer firefighters.  We had some great music for the benefit.  Our friends, rock group Mumbleriot, played and we also had a 2 person girl-group, ColorNoise, guitar and drums, punk rock I guess, talented and great to talk with.  Having the pub, we get to meet people like this. So cool!

Joe is now on Facebook—finally!!  He got up to 50 friends very quickly, and he has a lot of interests—music, film, history, beer so once he finds the pages, he will get very connected.  We have a nice quiet life together up here.  I think we appreciate our time here since I am away 4-6 months per year.  But when I am here I am here all the time.  I don’t think it is too bad—but Joe does.

We are still hoping to move.  We went to Arenal last week to look at a more economical option.  Two storage units on 1 ½ acres.  The storage units would become the pub and we would have to build…I can’t imagine a better house than this one but we will find one.  And our water and electricity would be less. We would spend less on car repairs. And once we pay off the credit cards, it will be easy street.  We just have to sell here.  The right person who wants to live in Paradise…

I will be off to New Hampshire soon..only two months.  Then later in the year I have another two month gig in Minnesota—the small price of living in Paradise..