Extraordinary Kindness

I received a comment on FaceBook today regarding the trouble I was having with the yeast available locally. One of my FB friends had made an excursion to the closest north american style supermarket and gifted me with fresh, new yeast. She dropped it off at the house just before I had to leave for my outside appointment. I am touched and blessed.

On my beachwalk this morning there was a lot of activity. The locals were pulling fish in like crazy and there were "boils" all along the beach to mark the feeding frenzies. Many of the fisherfolk just wait around for these "boils" and upon seeing one run to the location and fling their handlines into the fray. They use artificial silver minnow lures that appear to be highly effective and practically universal.

I saw a small dolphin up on the berm on my way south. I couldn't tell if it was somebody's catch, since the locals just toss all their fish up on the beach, or whether it had died and just washed up there. On the way back I saw a sting ray which had definitely died and was washing around in the surf. The cycle of life in the rainforest.

Today was a good day. The beachwalks are getting easier each day as my conditioning is improving. My workouts are also getting more and more comfortable as I regain my strength and build new muscle. Today I have managed to stick to my meal schedule so I'm giving myself a silver star!

I was expecting to get my permanent, unrestricted residency today. It didn't happen. Immigration wanted me to go to San Jose to have my picture taken and to sign the card or agreement. I just did this at their Liberia office to renew my temporary (ten years) residence. They have my photo and signature on file. I am trying to get the file transferred from San Jose to Liberia. This could take a while the way they do things here. A local artist produced a bumper sticker proclaiming: "Costa Rica- we make easy hard". It has become very popular.

I'm staying home tonight.....maybe make a pizza using my new peel. My friend Joff used to make pizza for sale a while back and he had a peel he wasn't using so he donated it to my cause. I am hopeful it will perform better than the one I made in a hurry with sub-standard materials. We will see a little later on.

Meanwhile, I'll be chillin' in the rainforest.