Last night we went to bed and there was a tiny little lizard sat on my pillow - I'm not afraid of lizards but don't particularly want to sleep with one on my pillow so Sam chased around the bedroom with a glass and a bit of paper until he was able to catch it for me... I would say that my Knight in shining armour caught it for me but that would be a lie, he said he was busy but I think he was scared (he does that with spiders too).
Today has been a bit rainy but we have had a lovely day - This morning we went for a walk and I bought a dress for $19 which is really nice and Sam got some stickers for his board. Then Will took Sam in the sea for an hour to surf and he got some really good waves. He thinks he pulled into a barrel (which is when the wave covers over you and is apparently really good.) Whilst they were surfing I sat in a cafe on the beach and ordered a coffee, completely forgetting that the whole town has no electric today, but the guy was lovely and managed to make me one, I think he boiled the water on the stove for me! So I sat in the cafe drinking coffee and reading Harry Potter, I have decided to read children's books now as it means we have to carry less books, and as I sat there I remembered how lucky I am to be doing this, It's easy to forget sometimes that we have this opportunity to be away for a year and that we were brave enough to do it and that so far it has all worked out brilliantly,
Now we are back at the house and have eaten tuna and sardine sandwiches (which were disgusting because the tuna and sardines are mixed with veg) and Sam is doing maths with Mr BC and I am writing this. In a while we will walk back to the sea and if there are no waves we will go in search of monkeys again.
I leave you with a picture of Sam's new physique, he has lost all his belly's and now has surfers shoulders.
he has shoulders like you!! Coathanger shoulders. I was so excited to speak to you unexpectedly last night. I think your blog is wonderful and enjoy it enormously. You write so well.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad Mr. BC is living up to his reputation for being a Knight in Shining Armour as ever. But we all love him anyway.
Much love, kisses and hugs Mum xxx
The best cup of tea I ever had was in Nairobi where the Asian pharmacist I was visiting chucked the tea, milk and sugar into a small battered saucepan together with cold water and boiled the whole lot up on a gas ring which he took from a cupboard where he stored the dangerous drugs!! Who needs Starbucks or Joe Lyons?
ReplyDeleteJust caught sight of the photograph you put up of the swollen river. Good job Mam didn't see that before you crossed or the Nicaraguan police would have been emailed your plane tickets home with an instruction to pick you up and escort you to the airport.
love
Dad
HA! I have already been heard to say....
ReplyDelete"She's my daughter. Get her out of there!!!"
But really...I'm just very proud of you. :>}
Love,
Mum
Wow Sam looks very trim. Just caught up with it all since Charles joined you. I would love to go to Costa Rica....Perhaps I should leave my husband and children and join you all...although I actually like them at the mo! Would love to win a competition that flew me out to where you all were. Fantastic! It's amazing... did you go to that volcanic island? And just to reassure you Ruth, lovely, you're not boring us!
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