Costa Rica

 

Off To Costa Rica

Sharon and I are off on vacation together. We are heading to Tamarindo, Costa Rica for a week of fun in the sun with the honeymooners, Larry Dunivan and David Gibson. Rebecca ? As I start this, we are on flight from Chicago to Dallas and thanks to Sharon's American Platinum status, we are in First Class. The only way to fly. We are 1st and 2nd on the list for upgrades on our flight from DFW to Liberia. Ahhh, mimosas then breakfast to start the day!

We were not so lucky on our second flight - no 1st class upgrades to be had. This is an Airbus 319, a short plane and it only has 8 seats up front. Even though we were 1 and 2 on the upgrade list, there was no room for us. We are at least in an Exit row and have plenty of leg room, though the window seat has no armrest and the Exit window has an obnoxious handle sticking out. Could be worse! We are on vacation.

 

A Wonderful Week Ending With Amazement

This week I flew to Redmond and spent the whole week with John and Kristie, Avery and Anika. It was great. Then on Sunday I flew back to Chicago and was amazed that I made it. The story follows!

Anika and Avery both had birthdays during the last week of January. Anika on the 27th and Avery on the 31st.

 

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Back To Blogging?

Another dry spell. I am now on a flight from Chicago to Los Angeles on the way to Redmond, Oregon to see Avery and Anika for their birthdays. I was prompted to open this editor and type because as I was leave the lavatory on this new Boeing 737, I noticed there was a pop-out ashtray in the door. Why? You cannot smoke on an airplane. You certainly cannot smoke in the lavatory of an airplane why is there an ashtray? One of life's little riddles.
Listening to Nora Jones right now. I should look up the music for some of her songs, I think my voice would work for them. Research time.
Sometimes a blog is a stream of consciousness and that seems to be the case today. Recently I have had numerous occasions when I had a desire to open the blog and write, but something always comes up to distract me. One of the joys of having Adult Attention Deficit Disorder. And no, I do not have ADHD because I don't think I have ever been hyper active, as a child or as an adult.
There are all new seats on this aircraft, leather or a reasonable facsimile. There are screens in the back of every seat and an outlet for 110v, a headphone jack, a USB port and some other connector. Pretty fancy. I paid extra for an exit row seat and I am very happy with the legroom.
I am using the built in screen to watch our progress and it appears we are currently right over the Grand Canyon. Can't see it, but there it is on the map.
Want to talk neuropathy? Probably not but it is a topic I cannot seem to get away from. My feet continue to be somewhat numb on the soles, and I am pretty much resigned to that being their regular state from now on. My fingers though seem to run through the range of being overly sensitive, partially numb, sometime tender and sore, and my hands do not want to make fists. I cannot tightly close my hands. My hands get much better after I see Melody, my naturapath, but then in a week or so I do something which gets them going again. It does bother me to play the ukulele but I play through it and soon forget the pain.

Where Have I been?

I obviously have not been blogging! Here I sit in my "office" second bedroom at home watching snow flurries, listening to nice soft jazz vocals on Pandora, working on our Christmas card list, drinking tea, and as usual, finding many diversions.

Fall Biking

Today my ride on the Prairie Path was delightful. There were few other bikes, a good. number of runners, and a few walkers. No one was being crazy. There were fallen leaves on the path and the smells were of fall. The weather was cool but not cold and the sky was clear and sunny. This was all much nicer than most rides in the summer where bikers are riding as fast as they can, and groups walk or ride three or four abreast, not sharing the path. I really enjoyed this ride, though because it has been almost three weeks since I've ridden, my 11 mile circuit was about all I could handle!

Collaboration Not Competition

This is my lesson from driving to Davenport last weekend and Minneapolis this week. Driving requires collaboration and cooperation. We are not and should not be in competition with each other on the road.