This week is going slow as molasses and at the same time as fast as Daytona...! But I am happy to be here in Heredia...really I have spent more time here than anywhere else, and I like to think that I am Herediana at heart.
Thursday last I picked up my first group of the season, from Vail, CO. I had forgotten the nervous energy that I always feel at the airport, waiting on your feet for flight updates (though now I can put internet on my phone and check that way), and how many people there are who work there to help you find a taxi, to pick you up for a tour, or help you with your luggage...for a price, of course.
Last year I worked with this same group but was not the main chaperone, so this time around I am getting to know the professors much better and they keep me on my toes, to say the least. I am seeing more clearly a weakness of mine, which is a need to please that ends up having me be over sensitive to attitudes and demands...my job is always easiest when groups stick to the itinerary, but that is not always how things work out. Be flexible...!! But do not give in to every whim. Balance is what life is all about.
Right now I am battling an untimely flu/cold...on Sunday we went to the Saprissa v. Liga soccer game and were caught in the rain, and I was soaked and chilled to the bone! We all were. The last two days I have been sore all over, and my throat is irritated and a nasty hacking cough has developed...I am doing my best to take Vitamin C, drink lots of tea and get my rest, but I cannot exactly slow down when I have a group. I hope to recover my strength next week.
Go figure...as soon as I start to work I come down with something! And it is not often that I get sick, not like this anyway. All I want to see is my bed!
This week I had hoped to touch base with more of the friends I have here in San Joaquin. It would be all too easy to fill up my social calender but I haven't really been up to it, and it is always a challenge to work around schedules. I know I will be back, anyway, and can visit more later.
I was able to visit with a friend from UD, who I haven't seen in almost two years! She is currently volunteering in Costa Rica, near San José, and we hung out Saturday evening and a great time catching up! Hopefully we can touch base again sometime soon.
Always so much to see and do...
PURA VIDA
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