Our day 2day....

7 am. Wake Up. Slowly get dressed. Brush our teeth. Head out the door.

7:30. Get to the hotel restaurant. Order a Tico Breakfast (eggs, rice, toast, slice of Tomato, O.J.) and 3 cups of coffee.

8:15. Get back to the hotel. Change into our swimsuits. Slather on Sunscreen. Head to the beach.

8:25 - 10:30. Play on the sand. Play in the sand. Sun tan (just me). Jump in the Ocean. Swim in the Ocean. Play with trucks. Make sand suits for ourselves (just the boys).

10:30. Wash off at the pool shower.

10:35. Jump in the pool. Play. Watch Oscar learn how to swim. Help Callym try to learn how to swim. Swim. Splash. Play.

11:30. Grab a drink at the bar. Refreshing.

11:40. Jump back in the pool. Play some more.

12:55. Get out of the pool. Dry off. Go to the room and shower again. Dress. Head into town for lunch.

1:55. Get into town. Find a restaurant. Order.

2:20. Get our Fanta's and Beer. Drink. Get our pasta, and seafood pizza. Eat.

2:40. Watch the beautiful sun shower.

3 pm. Order Banana split for dessert.

3:25. Go to internet place and check emails.

4:20. Finish with internet. Walk along the beach back to the hotel.

4:35. Get to the hotel. Order a Fanta and Water.

4:45. Sit. Relax. Listen to the waves. Write a little.

5:25. Go out to the beach and catch the last of the sun set. Sorry, I forgot the camera. Tomorrow maybe.

5:40. Finish getting ready and head into town for dinner.

6pm. Get into town and Skype the Family for a wonderful chat.

6:30. Say good-bye and go to dinner.

By the way.....

Just for any family that is wondering. Internet here is all the way in town. Poor us, we will have to walk the 10 minutes down and across a beautiful beach. But what I mean is that we can't just open the lap-top and chat on skype. If you can all be a little patient, we should have 24 hour internet when we get back to Heredia and we will be there for a few days. I'm not certain if we will get a hotel with internet before then, but we should be in Heredia the last week of November. Yes, I know it's a little ways away, but we will be checking emails at least once every 3 days. Honestly, it's quite nice to not have to run to a ringing phone, or have something turned on all the time that you need to monitor. We do miss you all so much. And sometimes it feels as though we've been here for months, but unbelievably, it's only been 2 weeks. Pura Vida, we'll talk with you soon.

Just a quick note....

I feel so alive. Spending all this time with 'my boys', the beautiful sun, sand and the salty ocean. But it's the Ocean that has surprised me the most. Of course the boys are fantastic, and it's definatly the greatest to be with Chris all the time. But this is about the ocean. The ocean has never really done much for me, but cool me off when on vacation and sitting in the sun too long. But here it is completly different. Here jumping and swimming in the ocean awakens something inside me that I didn't know existed. I want to dive into the upcoming waves. I want them to take me further away. I just want to drift on them and stare out into the clear blue sky. I now crave the salty taste, the sound of the crashing waves, the smells of the sea. I am alive. In a way, that I didn't even know I wasn't.

today

11 am, Saturday afternoon. Chris is calling the bank in Toronto to ask them to help us out a bit. Because his debit card was eaten by a machine and then lost, they have frozen his account for security purposes. That's all nice and good, but my name isn't on the account, so we can't get any of it. Anyways, a long long story made shorter, Chris is calling the bank on a Saturday, hoping not only that someone is there, but that they can help us out. 1800 numbers do not work from Costa Rica, and all we have is a 204 number and it's for a credit card with our bank, not the actual bank. But they transfered us fine. After going through numerous security questions and finally being transfered to someone who has the authority to help us, we were cut off. So Chris calls the credit card number again, is transfered, goes through the security questions again, and is on his way. He explains our situation, and just as the supervisor says he'll help us figure it out, we're cut off again! So back to calling the credit card number. This time the girl who answer's doesn't know how to transfer the call. We'll have to wait a minute please. Chris hang's up and tries again. At this point the boys are getting restless and I want to get into town to buy a swim suit. It's hot, and all of our dirty clothes are at the laundry mat. This includes all of my swimming gear. So I'm off with Oscar, walking down the beach in the sweltering heat in the middle of the afer-noon. DUMB TOURIST. I'm hungry, and Oscar wants me to carry him. Ok. We get into town and I'm still hot, hungry and sweating (nice image eh?) There is only one place in town that has suits, and they are not made for Melnychuk's tops. Humm. Well, I decide to take a taxi back so that we can go and have lunch. Done. When we come back the boys are in the pool and I'm feeling like I should have just boughten a suit for now, our laundry will be done tomorrow at 4pm, and that's a long time to not be able to swim (especially in this heat!). So, I call the taxi back and ask him to take me back to the store, wait for me and bring me to the hotel. Great. I run in and buy the suit, a little small, but we're in Costa Rica, it's all good. I get back to the hotel pay the driver and run to the pool. It's sunny out so I go to grab my sunglasses (already my 2nd pair, I left the first one's in Heredia the day we left - 3rd day of our trip) But where are they? Ahh, I either left them in the taxi, or in the store. So I get reception to call, yes there are in the taxi, for 2$ he'll be here in about 15 minutes to drop them off. Man, what does he think of me, this white dumb north american........ Ah well. It's lunch now. Maybe I'll get a different driver for my mishaps tomorrow. BTW, Chris got things figured out with the bank, so Mom and Isabel if you're worried, please don't be. All of Love, The Lukies! ps- I am not getting any skinnier... I order for me and eat what's left on three other plates. Pura Vida.