Sunday, January 14: Off to Costa Rica

Well, after getting about an hour sleep and getting up at 3:45 AM we 

quickly had breakfast with cereal and some coffee and some super coffee. Least I had a super coffee. Next step was to call Uber to drive us to 30th St. That went

 smoothly. Got the 30th St. and the train showed up at time at 5 AM. Then we landed at Philly airport and had 2 1/2 hours to kill and we killed it all right. I 

left my charger in Philly so we talked this really cool tech lady at this tech place
 they sell sunglasses that are a camera, but I bought this thing that 

accepts USB and USUSB-C cord so she was really knowledgeable. It could charge more than one thing at a time. I managed to find a portable charger that worked

while I was Plus I managed to find a portable charger that worked home. I got to see the concert on the live stream was pretty cool. We flew into
Charlotte and it’s a pretty cool airport with a lot of sunshine. We 

went to potbelly sandwiches and really enjoyed that sandwich. We thought the 

Plane was going to be 20 minutes late. It ended up they 

were on time but we were almost late for the flight..  Hey there, we just lifted off from Charlotte to go to 

Costa Rica. It’s about 5 1/2 hour flight. Mary and I almost missed the 

flight from Charlotte. We were the last two to board after a family of 4. They are very efficient. They just looked at our passport waived it we went in really 

looking forward to this it’s gonna be 90° the whole time and we’re on the Pacific 

Oceanside at Playa Negra. Yes, and we arrived at Costa Rica and there’s a huge ass line to get through through customs

 and it will first immigration then customs. Made the show a passport proof

 of where you’re staying and proof of when you’re leaving and wasn’t 

clearly written to us about that, but I was able to whip out both of the things

 on my phone. What lady was hesitant to me and I just gave him my whole 

pile of emails that were sent over the last two months. She finally just got tired of me and waved me on. After that, we waited 

for about 40 minutes for our caravan shuttle bus caravan, whatever the 

hell it’s called and all of us from the flight got together we all managed to find each other with no problem and the line
 was long but it was very efficient we got to the place and had a quick orientation

 Oh yeah we checked into our cabana and they wanted our credit cards and I and we were thinking we paid for these rooms but they want to keep the credit cards so if we get shit 

you know they’ll have it and then we’ll just use the cash at the end to pay off the money so they told us about that our cabana was fine. It was one of the air condition ones with no bathroom. I thought I was gonna suck because it was gonna be hot as balls but it wasn’t very comfortable, and I was very  
 relieved and I think that’s what we did the first day we signed up for the sweat lodge and the ceremony. Tomorrow morning we have foundation yoga at seven the yoga class at eight and that’s that’s the story and we crashed around 8:45 PM because it was long ass day of traveling and my brain feels like you know I am floating at space but it was good and it was really cool to be nice. Tropical weather, as Philadelphia is set to get its first measurable snowfall, possibly tomorrow and tomorrow is Monday. This is my first overseas trip since the 90s I believe excluding Canada yes I’ve been to Canada bunch of times. Anyhow, that’s it.

Sunday, May 14: Mother’s Day in Media & Ardmore

This morning I got up at first around 830 even allowed myself to 

sleep for 18 more minutes that felt very nice. And then took a quick shower and nibbled on a avocado before I went off to Dave’s for a brunch. I took the media trolley. 

The media trolley turns into a shuttle bus in the middle of the ride at Woodland. I think they do that every Sunday nowadays. They like to do that. But the
shuttle is waiting and I got the media soon enough. I then remembered I needed to buy grapefruit juice and cranberry juice. I was then went to Trader Joe’s. Praying it wasn’t going to  be a hot mess of crowded

 people. It was crowded, but they got me through the line pretty quick. Dave picked me up nearby and then we went straight to , my mom’s place at Riddle village. We hung out there for a little 

bit and took a picture too. Next we went back to De‘s for a scrumptious 

brunch of quiche and this really delicious blueberry pie as well as 


hashbrowns cooked in an air fryer. I had some coffee and it was all very, very nice  set up. We talked for 

a bit. Lydia was around and she was heading towards the Taylor Swift concert

 which was happening tonight. This is the third night of her extravaganza concert. 

She’s really huge right now. I just saw a video on TikTok that illustrate 

it. This guy is based from the Philadelphia area. He’s a pretty cool guy probably 

has a cool wife as well Lis he told you that. Anyway, the crowds outside the Lincoln financial center were huge. They are 

guess she could run for president except she’s only 32 years olds anyhow, Dave and

 I dropped her off at the Riddle Village after a delicious 

brunch and then Dave brought me back to his house cause I left my coat and hat at 

Dave‘s house. Then Dave drove me to the media train station where 

I would get off 30th St., and then catch another train towards Ardmore. Where the              

train came only a couple minutes late I was really glad it didn’t come

 super late. It went smoothly. It was apparent that there was an Amtrak drinkers train j

suddenly decided not yet to stop for no apparent reason and that’s what it does

sometimes I don’t like it but what am I gonna do about it work you know what I’m saying. Anyway, I arrived at Ardmore around 3:20 PM stopped at the

 Rite Aid started editing this blog, and went to the house of Ardmore. 

When I went under the Ardmore overpass, there was this woman screaming bloody murder 

somebody about something I don’t know what it was. Didn’t look any like anybody was 

hurt. I saw no fender vendors. It was total Karen action for sure. It’s now 332 and 

I’m already two minutes late. I settled in. There was conversation when we went out for

 a walk. The walk to go while and my legs felt heavy. Heavy rains with bevy, 

which is a ugly ass word. It was a beautiful day to take a walk with

 the normal couples with kids and stuff like that that you see on a spring day. Lynne

 played sweet city woman because I remember the chorus went It was a beautiful 

day to take a walk with the normal couples with kids and stuff like that that you see on a spring day. Lynne played

 sweet city woman because I remember the course went   Bon, Bon, Bon, Bon, Ce Bon, Bon… it was 

a perfect kind of song for what the 70s was confused and not quite real. Land of MANY one hit wonders. Now at 6:14 PM. Just got back to the house 

of Ardmore and I’m feeling a little depressed little tired just a little of everything. We’re going to 
eat after I lied down for a little bit. After that I very nutritious salad and dinner. Let me watch deadwood. We watched three episodes. It’s a pretty good show. That’s for sure. Well, I finished watching the show and then got a ride home and brought vegetarian food for Pat. I didn’t talk to Wes for a bit then hit off the bed to start another week.