Carolina Crew et. al.

So, it's been a week since I have written.  I don't like that.  I prefer to write every day.  So I'll try to change that.  In any event, here are some highlights:

1. Carolina Crew - Here are some pics of some great friends from South Carolina - Amy, Hayword, Trip, Ross, and Naked Guy in the Bathtub.  With the exception of NGITB, they've been here for a month or so, and are just awesome people.  On Sunday, we got down a little hard at the bar afterhours, and included in our soiree some Bohemian Rhapsody karaoke, plenty of migalito shots (guaro and cream of coconut shaken), some MC Hammer-style dancing, and for some reason many pictures of cleavage (not pictured here - well, one, which in so many ways didn't match the others).  These guys are great fun. 

2. Sushi Dinner - Adam and Maria and I went out to sushi dinner last night at Tsunami in Jaco.  the crunchy roll is incredible.  Excellent little Tuesday.  

3. Surfing - A nice swell came in over the past week.  I had one perfect one-wave session - paddled out, waited for less than a minute for an excellent wave, had the best single wave I've had so far, rode it to the beach, and called it a day.  Sweet.  Tomorrow I'm paddling out before work with a new friend, Lyndsay, who just came to town with her husband, Richard.  We actually got to be friends when Jake tried to eat her five pound poodle in December.  She's the forgiving type, it seems.  Looking forward to paddling out with a new friend.  

4. Jake - He's not in great shape.  Got some skin problems, and my vets in Jaco can't figure it out, so we're going to Quepos tomorrow to get him checked out by a new doctor for a second opinion.  Right now, he looks like he's got lupus or something.  (I don't really know what lupus is, but this is how I imagine it when I hear it.)

5. My House - It sold!! It's gone.  I am (probably) not going to go bankrupt!  Neat!  Thank you Michael, Pat, Linda, Jose, and everyone else who helped me avoid foreclosure.  That makes my life better.  I loved that house, and all that it had in it.  I certainly look back on that as an absolutely wonderful time in my life, and am enormously grateful for the life that we had in that house.  I'm sentimental about the house, and feel mixed emotions in me, but am happy not to worry about foreclosure now. 

6. Partying - Been doing too much.  Going to go through some detox.  For all of you that said it would be difficult managing a bar and not drinking all the time... You were right.  It is tough to moderate.  But doable.  It's nice that I have fresh fruit and vegetables, chicken wraps, plenty of water, and surfing to help replenish my body when I find I've been doing too much partying.