Boz wrote:
How was the trip to Costa Rica? Terrible I assume? LOL!
It was GREAT! I spent a night in San José, two along the Caribbean coast, two in the middle near the Arenal volcano, and three along the Pacific. I got so spoiled while there! I miss the constant breeze and middle-of-the-day rain showers that cool everything off. The weather there now is better than the weather here! Blah!
TreasuredFriend wrote:
Why did you go? Were you sent with a camera? How did Will manage while you were gone? Did Toby and Sammi miss you?
I went because I could, basically. The original plan was between my aunt and my mum. They hadn't been on a trip together in a long time and wanted to go. Then, my grandma invited herself along. She just turned 80, has had both of her knees and hips replaced over the last twenty years, and in general isn't a "hiking" person. When I found out that she invited herself along, I was like, "Hell no! If she's going to invite herself, I'm inviting myself too!"
I did take my camera, too! I took 500+ pictures while I was there. Actually, I probably took 1,000+ pictures while there, but I deleted a lot of them right after I took them if they weren't up to my "standards". I've been so lazy about putting up the pictures, but I will try to get them up ASAP! There are so many to go through... I put up the best of the critter pictures on Facebook, though. I will try to get some of them on here! I promise!
Will did fine while I was gone. He said that he missed me a lot, though. I wasn't able to call him while I was there, so I know he got lonely and missed my voice. Luckily, two of the four hotels I stayed at had courtesy computers for guests. I was able to email him a few times. The people at work said that he was whining while I wasn't here. Since we work at the same nursing home, we come in contact with a lot of the same staff members. Will was telling the scheduler that he was lonely and the dishes were piling up. What a charm, eh? He did do about 90% of the dishes while I was gone, so I'll give him credit!
He went out and bought a used car while I was away (unbeknownst to me)! He would up with a Jeep something-or-other, but when we looked at it the next day, we noticed that it wasn't as good as we could have gotten. Will is really good at checking over the main features of a vehicle (mechanic aspect), but he's not the best at noticing damage or flaws. We took it back to Carmax and got a 2008 Saturn Astra. It's a cute little red hatchback. It's manual, so I have to learn. It has heated seats, too, so I can't be that upset with the impromptu car purchase.
As for the animals, they did just fine without me there. You should have heard Regiford when I came home, though! I thought I had set off an alarm somewhere! His fweep-box was going a mile-a-minute and was trying to crawl up the side of his cage! He got craisins and scratchies from an exhausted Kelly. The bunnies were less-pleased with my return. In fact, Toby bit me pretty good the next morning. I got the bunny-butt for a few days. They are OK with me now. They get pretty upset with me when I go away for awhile.
