Saturday, March 22, 2014

Today I was a “sun goddess, err I mean god.”  I spent from about 9:30 to 4:00 outside either at the beach or by the pool enjoying the sunshine.  I took several catnaps and got through some more of my book.  I did go inside for important things like food and water, but I was getting some sun today.  Being ever observant of things like what cows look like, I have noticed that cows in Costa Rica do not look like the cows that I am familiar with in good ole Oklahoma.  They have weird humps on their backs and kind of look like Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars in their faces.  There were some cows nearby our beach house, so I walked over and took a picture of them.  Well, when I got back to the house, it wasn’t but 30 minutes later that a group of cows were on the beach.  (Different cows, I swear!)  So of course I walked out to get better pictures of the Costa Rican cows.  There was one cow who was eating leaves and whatnot from our property, so I got a pretty great close-up of him.  Unfortunately, he was ready to keep moving with the herd before I was done getting my picture of him.  The cow started walking right at me.  I started to back up, thinking that I could outrun the cow, so he kind of chased me in that regard.  What it really turned into in the end was one of those instances where you’re walking straight at someone and in an effort to avoid each other, each person goes one way, then you both try to go the other way, then finally someone says, “after you” and the situation resolves itself with words.  The cow did not know any words, so I just did my best to get the heck out of its way.  I may or may not exaggerate the story someday.  I enjoyed the sunset on the beach tonight and got some pretty good selfies with the sunset in the background.  After getting all cleaned up, we went to a place that was even moreso on the beach and enjoyed its deliciousness.  When we finished, there was someone sending fire-kite-balloon thingys into the air.  They went impressively far up into the atmosphere until they fizzled out.  While watching the balloon, you could not help but notice the brightness and clarity of the stars up in the sky.  It was amazing.  We were all exhausted and retired to bed shortly after.