Jitters Part 2

Almost exactly 11 hours before we leave. All the last-minute things to take care of are slowly getting done: Xeroxing passports, getting all the paperwork done. The back of my mind keeps egging me--what am I forgetting? Will we show up at the airport missing some crucially important document that will keep us from actually leaving? Of course not---but.

I think all those thoughts are really just a way to camouflage the real thoughts---Will I be able to communicate effectively, will we be able to get around no problem, what will the people be like?

Jitters.

I feel excitement at going to a new land, a whole new experience, but a little uneasy at throwing myself into a totally unknown place.

Funny thing is, I know that about 30 minutes after we land I'll be fine.

We leave at 12:40 AM to Houston, arrive at 6:00, leave Houston at 9:25 and arrive Costa Rica 12:00 noon. We have a place to stay the first night outside of the Capitol in Alajuela, Costa Rica's second largest city, yet only about 50,000 people.

Can't wait to:

Eat the food.

Check out the Mercado (central market area)

Experience the local charm.

By the way, the forecast calls for 7 days of thundershowers and 3 days of scattered thunderstorms. Average Temperature 87 degrees F.

We are bringing only sandals as footwear.

Check out the local forecast: Weather in Alajuela, Costa Rica, and have a good laugh. No wonder the tickets were so cheap?

This is the so-called "green" season. It used to be called the wet season until some tourist-marketing executive had a stroke of marketing savvy. We will be on the tail-end of it, before the hordes of tourists arrive, so we are hoping 1) It won't be too ridiculously wet, and 2) less crowded.