I’m going to be busy for the next week+. I’ll be helping Ticos practice their Spanish on two days, buying a large box fan and other items and having lunch with my Costa Rica (adopted/honorary) brothers on another day, perhaps meeting a transwoman who is staying at Rainbow Refuge on another day, and taking my cuerpo donation documents to the post office on yet another day.
This all follows on the heels of my Zoom meeting yesterday and heaven only knows what before that. (I’d have to re-read my previous posts to remember what has been keeping me busy recently! Blog posting is the only way I keep track of myself, the least interesting person in my orbit right now! LOL!!)
Normally I’d be feeling overwhelmed
Having this much people-y stuff on my to do list in such a short span of time would normally cause my nervous system to freak out, especially since I don’t (at this moment) know well over half the people I’ll be interacting with over the next several days: the English teacher, his students, the trans visitor, and post office attendants.
But for some reason, I’m very much looking forward to it all (except for the post office visit). I think that, at long last, my amygdala has been sufficiently silenced that now I see every new event as yet another exciting Costa Rican adventure, and nothing to lose sleep over. It seems I left all my defensiveness and fears of somehow not measuring up (or of screwing up) back in the United States.
I’ve Had Nothing But Wonderful Experiences Here
The season is changing from winter (invierno) to summer (verano). I can feel it in the air, and the downpours have lessened considerably. The wind is much more in evidence than it has been, so my wind chimes are singing more often — very Zen-like — and they’re immensely soothing.
I look forward to walking every morning. This morning I saw and greeted Noelia and Luz, my neighbors, for the first time in several days and, this time, I embraced both of them (with permission from Luz) and even got a sweet appreciative squeak and grin out of Noelia, which made my day!
I walked to the mini mart to get a couple rolls of papel higienico (toilet paper), a small bag of cat litter, a package of frozen beef burritos (I wanted chicken burritos but they didn’t have them), and two small bottles of zapzaparilla.
Mas X Menos didn’t deliver the toilet paper or cat litter I’ve ordered the past two times I ordered from them, so — as a stop gap measure — I bought a little of each. Dear Jon has offered to help me get more of both this coming week because trying to lug 20 to 40 pounds of cat litter and one or two 12 packs of TP onto a city bus would be the height of insanity.
I can maybe get the box fan onto a bus but, if not, Marianela can pick me up at Mundo Magico and take me home from there. She’ll have room in her vehicle for a box fan, for sure!
I Only Miss My Vehicle When…
The only time I’ve missed having a vehicle so far is when I know I have to get a heavy box of cat litter or a bulky fan or multiple rolls of toilet paper to my casita. I hate needing to ask friends to help. But this is the first time I’ve had to do that to keep myself in household items, except for the day Jon moved me here from Villas Escondidas in mid-September. I can handle most of of my needs unilaterally or with Marianela’s or the bus system’s help, thankfully! The last thing I ever want to become is a burden to others!
I didn’t take any pictures during my 8191 step walk today, so this post must remain picture-less… Sorry!
UNLESS I post some “time travel”/memory pix…
Sure… why not?
