Red Roof Inn Cleveland Independence

ahhh! It's been so long since I've written something.
I had been really busy with work. Everyday from 8-5:30. And I was still teaching English classes some nights.
I'm finally back in the states. Visiting for a month. Then it's back to Costa Rica January 4th.
Completely in reverse culture shock! I can't believe I'm back. Everyone speaks English. I keep accidentally kissing people on the cheek when ...

... ll be a whole new life! I am just glad I don't have any kids at home, or a hubby to deal with - makes the situation a lot easier!

Surprise 50th Birthday party was a BLAST! Cannot believe Karen G. was able to surprise me! Thanks to all my friends who showed up with booze, gifts, and $$ for the Alaska trip!

Saga continues....

... back...not to mention it'll be good to have a week to speak some Spanish. Along with seeing friends and going back to the church I worked in, I plan to spend a morning at the orphanage to see all the babies I fell in love with over the summer! (I still wish so badly that I could bring them home, but since I can't, I'll just visit...)

I'm excited. I can't wait to see familiar faces. God is good! It is purely His doing that I can go back!

... hebben pech. Ook die nummers worden 1 voor 1 doorgelaten, dus kunnen als ze willen nog op een best goede plek terecht komen, maar als je niet zeker bent van een plaats vooraan in het gedeelte direct achter de pit (gescheiden door een looppad voor security, afgebakend door hekken), kiezen de meeste mensen ervoor om weg te gaan. Naar een pre party bijvoorbeeld. Echter: ik haalde de pit - uiteindelijk stond ik zo'n 5 tot 10 rijden diep. Wel steeds net 1 rij te ...

... continues to amaze and perplex me. I can only imagine they have worse depth perception than I do. And mine is pretty bad. The solomon's and harriss's stone walls are more than happy to vouch.

Once of off 95, past the city and out of NJ there hasn't even been a significant amount of traffic so (luckily...or unfortunately) that can't even provide any sort of storyline in which I complain about overpopulation and ...

I took a trip to the Iron Pony Motorcycle Accessories store in Westerville, Ohio (shameless plug for store inserted here!), where they absolutely EVERYTHING imaginable for a bike rider.

I spent way too much but got new Harley cycle boots, Gerbing heated jacket liner and glove liners. LOVE the heated gear ...

A week in Cleveland and Ohio showed a quite beautiful area. While the city is not planned, there is a good road system, with lots of freeways, and quite easy to get around. Downtown Cleveland is not huge, but there are some skycrapers and an arena, and two huge stadiums as well as a Science Centre and the ...

... past their 12 year old selves :) This made me think of all the days with the A's. The kids really enjoyed this stop. Onto Penn State to drive thru (about an hour from Williamsport). When I saw it was on the way, I was just thinking it would be fun to drive thru the campus. I forgot about football. The stadium is ridiculous, it rose out of the skyline ...

... immediately followed by a Sunday church meeting at the hotel. The meeting consisted of partaking of the sacrament (communion), special music (a hymn arrangement presented by the viola section of the Orchestra) and inspirational talks, in this case by Elder W. Craig Zwick of the Church’s First Quorum of Seventy and his wife, Janet. The viola number is worth a special mention since it’s not often that one hears an ensemble comprised entirely of violas (with piano ...