Life Detox

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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All my bags are packed

Costa Rica, here I am! Yep. My BFF Nora and I are heading down to the beautiful northwestern beaches of Guanacaste region of Costa Rica for my friends’ wedding.  The traveling Couch Monkey will finally get to be among his capuchin buddies! I just realized that this is my first trip abroad in 17 years. Well, you know, having come over to the U.S. being my last “foreign” trip.  Since then, I have only gone home and nowhere else outside the U.S. Okay. I did set foot in Canada for like 15 minutes in college when we got turned around...
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