A lot has happened since I got back from Costa Rica. As I was coming to grip with how to take life a little bit easier, this shit went down in Bangkok. “How Did Thailand Come to This?” indeed. (And this report is pretty accurate and surprisingly unbiased.) My family home is literally in the war zone. I mean, they had been since the Red Shirts camped out not 200 meters down the street. Everyone is safe now, but my dad and brother, my uncle and his family, and our family maid were more or less held hostage by all...
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6 days in Costa Rica and I came back with a new look at life. I went 6 days without the internet (except for a 30 minutes I hopped on to check in with the hubby when I arrived and before I left), work, or television. I went 6 days without much of anything but gallo pinto, rum, and time. Yep. Nora and I didn’t do much of anything during our trip but relax and go with the flow. We landed in San Jose at 9 a.m. on Thursday and we were at Calilu restaurant to wait for our shuttle...
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