Prioritizacion

Here's the thing about finding out you have a limited amount of time left....you figure out what you have to do REALLY REALLY REALLY fast.  Thursday:  Go to work with Frankie day.  Friday: Check out the ziplines, hit the hills in  the middle of the island, play with mud.  Saturday: Improv meeting with my  trainer to make a get fit before X-mas plan, followed by lots and lots of WI life organizing, and then  hanging out with Daisy  and her adorable puppies. Sunday: Scuba refresher class so I can dive all over the island before heading back to boring dive Wisconsin. Not tooooo shabby.

The End.

Surprising  must do list:

• Find spanish classes in Neenah
• Plan best PR X-mas evvvver
• Sell Suerte  (my car)
• Buy ticket home

Today was not a dream....the opposite in fact....the shattering of MY dream.  Today I found out I have to go move back to Neenah by December 31.  Legal complications... millions of dollars of risk... the end of this Caribbean fairy tale.  After a morning of tears, I'm coming to terms with the idea.   Anyone want to plan a snowboarding trip!?!?!?

Lovely Daisy

Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday  nights I hang out with Daisy.  She's feisty like me!  She  makes me read out loud in Spanish. I quiz her on English words.  What a perfect duo!

Last week

Did I mention I got ANOTHER flat tire?  I did.  #$@(**@^$%$!.(New car...different tires...?!?) 

Shannon & Shakira, what a lovely combination

How does it happen that one night you're watching Shakira rock out on the Nivel Principal... and the next morning  you're walking through bat #^$*&^$% wondering if the supposedly gorgeous view justifies cave hike, flashlights, and fluttering of wings overhead?!?!  THEN, as if  that's not enough, you later find yourself and your favorite Spanish speaking friends trespassing to sneak a peak at a humungous waterfall.  Cap it all off  with  your first ever Caribbean sunburn and you'll have a small glimpse of the ridiculousness that was my last weekend.  Three cheers for spontaneous friends.  Three cheers for Shannon!

I choose adventure. people. life.

Vacuum cleaners suck. Mine, for example, just made the whole apartment smell like burning hair which (naturally) set off the fire alarm.  The rewarding result for all of the toil and trouble??  A dirty AND smelly apartment.... and neighbors that think I'm crazy.  But don't throw a pity party yet, cause I found an easy solution: less vacuuming. More living.

Why exactly do people spend soooo much time cleaning their houses?  I've decided it's a peacock effect (B: please note the hand over head gesture that goes with all peacock references).  Have you ever met a bear that says "oh, my you just haaave to see the new stone I found" or a horse that pulls you into the barn to show off the freshly painted stable doors??  NO my friends! NO YOU DO NOT!  But humans **cough cough, supposedly so much more intelligent** spend hours and hours decorating, shopping for, and then cleaning their living space.  Reality Check: if you have less space, and you have less stuff, you ALSO have less to clean.  I just gifted you back hours of your life, please, embrace it.   (Hehehehe, and if you can't, at least don't judge me when you come over and my house is in a state of chaos!!)

So why am I VACUUMING?  Because last weekend I was thinking about nothing but adventures and beaches and friends.... and this weekend I want to think about nothing but adventures, beaches, friends, and losing my voice from screaming/singing/laughing at the SOLD OUT SHAKIRA CONCERT ON FRIDAY NIGHT.  Vacuums suck. My life...absolutely does not.


Pics from Meg & Rob adventures:

Waterfall hike and swim in El  Yunque

Beach day in Isla Verde

TANDEM BIKE (Look, no hands!)

Man vs. wild...waves 1, Katie 0.

Biking. It's part of my identity

Vegetariano, Katie, y Daisy in Isabella

Today, I bought a bike.  Yes, it's the cheapest one Wal-mart could sell me. Yes, I waited in line over 20 mins at the checkout to get it. Yes, I used it immediately after purchasing.  This was one of the MANY things that made this weekend one of the "best yets" of my time in PR.  Check out these pics of what I've been up to (please note, having a functional camera makes capturing the moments sooooooo much easier!)

Katie and Daisy

Sunset in Aguadilla&

Biking Beach

Biking Trail

I love Puerto Rico

Yup, this is el vegetariano!

Biking path over the beach