Wednesday, July 30: Arriving to Philly to Work

Hello. After a sleepless flight from San Diego to Charlotte, we arrived in Charlotte and we missed our first connecting flight, but they 
hooked us up for another flight that

 flies out of Charlotte at 8:57 AM. That was something that was a big relief that they signed us to a flight instead

 of us begging to get a flight. At least they acknowledge it was their fault

 that that we missed the connecting flight. It’s now 8:23 AM and Mary‘s going to Starbucks and they’re calling for group 1️⃣ right now. It’s 10:17 AM we officially just touchdown

 on the runway. I am gonna go to work at Mike’s whenever I get out of here. well, I went to 
Mike’s and walked to the soupy humidity

 man it took getting used to that’s for sure. I did some talking and caught
up with him. Team. Things are about the

 same. He had to cancel another appointment cause he couldn’t go down the steps other than everything was normal he said just let his knees a little bit better but he’s not 

confident going down the steps. Did a little bit of trash pick up picking 

up Mom’s Meals. I’m zgoing to CVS in the check cashing place. Tomorrow 

I’m going to have to do laundry. I’m not gonna leave for Mary’s after I do this check cashing place. 

It’s now 4:03 PM. Well, I brought down the trash and then signed 

off for the day. It’s now 4:28 PM. I did tell Mary I’ll be there sometime 

around 4:30 4:45 so I think I’ll be able to make it at that point. Looks like 

apartment 1- C is available. There were two people standing out front 

waiting for somebody to show up. I asked one of the folks how much they were renting it for 

they said 1150. They weren’t interested in the place but boy places keep emptying out here at this apartment 

complex. Not 434. I’m almost at the Dorchester. Anyhow, 

we relaxedfor a moment and then I used my new backpack to get ready for yoga. It worked quite well. When we went to the 75 minute class with Dan. As we expected, the room is very hot. I went through the paces and 

I did OK. But it was pretty tough. We then went to N and that was pretty 

chill and I was able to wind down a little
 bit. Then we ordered some Indian. It’s still hot out there, but doesn’t look like there’s going to be thunderstorms this evening. no thunderstorms came in. We made it through the day to any humidity, which was an accomplishment that’s for sure

Monday, January 22: Travel Day with American Airlines

Well, Mary and I made the best of a crappy situation. We decided we would not go to any 

hotel because it wouldn’t be worth it since we have a standby That starts boarding at 7:15 AM. So we were told there’s a that starts 

boarding at 7:15 AM. So we were told there’s a place we could get food through our credit card since there’s no stores open 

and there is no human so you just go in grab a sandwich so Mary and I grab some grub and it wasn’t bad tasting. We enjoyed
the food and we had a little fun , I took a picture of Maryann I get it giving us giving the 

double finger. The one middle finger salute to American 

Airlines for screwing us over I had an , I took a picture of Mary and I get it giving us giving the double finger. The one middle finger salute to American Airlines for screwing us over. I had a hoagie in my mouth and we both made weird expressions. Anyhow, 

we decided to sleep underneath one of the tables of people charge their phones, so I use the yoga mat  as a bed and we used the Turkish towels that I bought 

is covers and use various clothing as pillows. We slept, as well as who could considering the extreme dleeping all night at the airport we got up and Mary bought some



 coffee and an English muffin sandwich from the Starbucks. We did manage

 to get on the standby flight. Thank God for that. Soon as I sat in my seat,


 I fell asleep and I wrote back to Larry. Also, today I was determined to get my phone fixed so I ran back-and-forth to Apple Store. I showed up right after I arrived at Mary‘s. Dumped off my stuff and ran over to the Apple Store. They told me to come back at 11:30 
so I went to Mike’s and I ran back to the Apple Store at 11:30 and they told me to come back at 1:30. The phone was fixed successfully but it cost me 350 bucks, now I have to go back and edit my blogs and get my pictures resurfaced which will take at least a week. Believe it or not I ended up going to yoga class. I bought some turquoise shorts, which were very funny at the five and dime place near the five guys and the five below 

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.