La Catalina Hotel And Suites San Jose

... and even got my two remaining pieces doggy bagged. I went to bed early, after having tried in vain to find anything interesting on the many TV channels, because I was going to be picked up at 06.10 the next morning. So much for sleeping in late, but these are the conditions when you are doing roundtrips. Basically, it was raining all the time in San Jose. Little did I know that these would be lasting conditions for at least some days.

Since I have been here, there are several things that I miss. I miss my husband, my bed, fabric softner , turkey bacon, a dry towel and the list goes on. The thing is, hopefully, all of that stuff is waiting for me when I get back.

I received a message a couple of days ago that a friend of mine had been killed in a motorcycle accident. The person who gave me the message did ...

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Went back to my house and took a nap before dinner.  We had the asian glass/clear noodles with some veggie/chicken stir fry and bread (and a lemonade/juice thing that I didn't really care for-didn't taste as fresh as the juice usually does).

Relatively uneventful day but tonight a bunch of us are going to a go kart place (they have 'real' go karts, unlike the ones at amusement parks that barely run--100cc I think)...should be fun!

... hold a snake…well, not the whole thing (it was an undomesticated boa constrictor so the guide held the head because he didn’t want it to bite us…) We also got within inches of frogs like the glass frog and the poisonous dart frog. They were so cool! I also saw butterflies hatching from their cocoons. There was also an oscelot and a jaguarine (I think that was the name). Apparently I’ve been calling tigers and lions and big animals like that cats ...

... nice to see everyone interacting and they were very accepting of us, so it was a lot of fun. Afterwards, we went back to the lodge and it started to rain. We were going to do more crafts but it never happened, so we just waited a bit longer and then had dinner instead. Some people got a hold of alcohol and it made the night kind of miserable because although it was amusing to watch drunk people read Cosmo, it was not amusing dealing with them while we were ...

... looking guest house and stopped in to get a room.
. The hotel clerk had lived in Orosi all his life. We discussed the ambiance of the place and I fantasized about what it's small town life would be like. He assured me that my car was safe, parked in front of the hotel and I thought nothing more of it. This was not San Jose, where you had to think twice on every move you made. This was an innocent little village, where anyone could have lived happily ...

... visiting. I have have started going to the local public school each day. We wear uniforms, white shirts and navy pants. The school is nice. I have a very bright and airy classroom. I like my teacher a lot. My friend Max goes there too and I have a new friend named Coleston. We make paper airplanes at recess and I write our names on them. Three is the magic number. Yesterday I finished I finished my fifth Magic Treehouse book. It was called Eathquake ...

... 11th, to Alto Katsi with some volunteer engineers to see what it is that they can do with that amount to rebuild the school. Our goal is to prepare enough schools supply packages for the ...

... mounted on various trees and shrubs. Photographing the birds was easy and convenient since they were abundant and active. Undoubtedly most travelers to Peace Lodge choose the site for its proximity to the Waterfall Gardens. The man made trails winding through out the Gardens are unassuming and eventually blend into the environment. They are a HUGE plus for anyone who has limitations that would normally prevent them from being able to be so ...

... s parents, too, and asked everyone to clear the floor. I think the term "bug-eyed" would be apt. He had a mouthful of submarine sandwich and the rest of it in his hand; he gulped down the bite in progress, looked around in vague panic, and handed the remaining half to me before grabbing my mother and sweeping her out onto the dance floor. My mom was wearing a simple green knee-length knit dress, and her skirt flared out as she and my dad whirled around the polished wood ...