As I told you, my parents arrived last weekend, as did my amazing friend Lara. Lara left yesterday so I thought I would get some pictures of her up and blog about her visit. But not to fret, I know that I still “owe” you a blog about my day of playing “farmer Becca,” which I promise to get up over the weekend. And with my parents here, there are certainly enough comical (and by comical I mean annoying) things to blog about to last for weeks.
If I have to hear one more bird fact from my Mother, I am going to begin shooting every bird in Costa Rica, one by one, in hopes of preventing further facts from being shared. The most annoying part (and let me tell you, it is difficult to choose the most annoying part as there are so many to choose from) about her “sharing” is that she starts every fact with “I know you don’t care but…” If you know I don’t care, then why the hell are you telling me? I have decided this is why she loves her dog more than she loves me, as I am sure he listens to her endless facts (but only because he doesn’t know how to use a can opener to get his dinner). My Dad also loves birds, and while he may not be able to resist the temptation of pointing them out and naming them, at least it ends there. Don’t they know I am trying to memorize and retain about a million new Spanish words? I don’t have room in my head for bird names!! I guess that is what I get for inviting my parents to visit me in a country where there are 54 different types of hummingbirds. The next time I relocate, I think it will be to Antarctica, it must be too cold for such a vast bird population there.
Anyway, back to Lara… who is also annoying, but only because she looks so unbelievable in a bathing suit that I will never go anywhere “beachy” with her again. I should have thought of that before I made my list of “approved visitors.” Frankly I can’t believe I didn’t think of that ahead of time as my beach planning is usually very well thought out. Every time I go to the beach I always walk along the entire beach before picking my spot to lounge. While some people might think that I am walking the beach to admire the beautiful scenery, that isn’t really the case… I am actually looking for the largest people on the beach so that I can lie next to them. I know that is terrible, and that I should be ashamed to admit it… but I got my father’s “bubble butt” and my mother’s thighs…what is a girl to do? I figure that is my greatest hope for looking smaller in my bathing suit. Then I have to go and invite my friend Lara to visit and that just blows my whole planning as I get stuck laying next to the hottest girl. Luckily she was only here for a few days. Good riddance!
All jokes aside, it was so much fun having Lara here; it felt like a little piece of my “real” life in San Francisco was with me in Costa Rica. While I wasn’t able to spend as much time with her as I would have liked (my job gets in the way every time), the time we did spend together was fantastic. For those of you who have the misfortune of not knowing Lara, she is one of the most kind and thoughtful people you could ever meet… and that girl can drink like a fish!
Today after uploading the pictures from Lara’s visit, I did a little research to find out when the camera was invented and why. As it turns out, George Eastmann invented the camera in 1888. According to Wiki Answers: “It was originally invented to capture a moment in time quickly and exact. Paintings often reflected the opinion of the painter in their art however photos show exactly what was happening.”
I would like to personally thank George for his wonderful invention, because while I may not be using it exactly as he intended, the camera has provided me with many benefits; the most recent of which is to help me to piece together my drunkin’ evenings during Lara’s visit.
I have included some of these fun photos below.
Lara, thanks for coming to visit, and for all the great conversations and endless love and support you provide to me and all those around you. I am lucky to call you my friend.
Here we are infront of the restaurant El Avion... I am sure you can figure out the "why" behind the name. The airplane is actually a bar. Pretty cool.
This was after dinner and a lot of wine at Kapi Kapi... which is fantastic, it is a "must go" here.
Here is Lara enjoying a drink out of a coconut, she also enjoyed a drink out of a pineapple, a glass, a bottle... you get the picture here.
Our romantic evening at Ronnie's Place watching the sunset. Don't worry Katie, there was no massage, wine, cheese or presents involved, so Lara has not surpassed you in "most romantic date ever."
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