Go Figure it out

I love the title of the post...Go figure it out. That is what Bart has been preaching for the past couple of months. Never did I think that I would know so little. I have quickly learned there is a lot to learn about almost everything.

You think you speak spanish...until every customer service rep on the phone says, "will you hold for a moment" and then 30 seconds later there is a new rep on the phone speaking English.

You think your family is fairly well behaved...until everyone is staring at you in the cell phone store, where you have been waiting for 2 hours to finalize your service. The only thing that made this bearable was that Luke was so tired he crashed in Angie's arms (after 1:45 of waiting).

You have 8 tasks and they all need to be done right now. The nice thing is that as you prioritize, things take perspective. So note to self... After taking an overnight flight with your family, don't setup a meeting with the lawyers to transfer the car deed while the family is waiting in the car. Inevitably, things come up and the 5 minutes you were promised it would take turn into 30 with no end in sight. The good news is that your family will let you know about it.  Funny side note, Zach comes up and interrupts the meeting with the lawyers to see if they can leave and before he goes back downstairs, asks for a glass of water and proceeds to wait for it, slowly drink it, and then slowly walk down the stairs. So if you need something done quickly, don't send your thirsty teenager.

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It's actually been very great. We've been running around alot.

Day 1. Flight lands at 6:00am. Crazy time getting out of the airport, picking up the car in Heredia and dropping off our 15 suitcases and 14 carry ons. Changing as quick as I can to make a 9am meeting to sign on the car. Stopped at Forum 2 McDonalds. Angie made her first Costa Rican friend, who offered to be her friend. Then off to get our cell phones (Airport's store systems didn't work). That was the experience listed above. We made it out of there around 2pm. Then we started looking for beds. Finished all of that shopping around 7pm.  Got enough food to last the morning. Hit the hay around 11pm.

Day 2. Meet with the kids teachers at Arandu, Finalize bed shopping, Get our PriceSmart (Costco) membership, and then head into work. Worked in the office from 11am - 5:30pm. Interivewed Karin. Began working on the Snap Technology Plan.

Day 3, Went for the morning run, got the morning runs and that ended that. Waited for the internet guy to come and deliver the contract. Angie brought me to work at 10am. Vitaly showed me office space in Forum 1. We went over the basics of the buisness....just realized this is too much detail...

Finalize:

Every night has ended about 11pm with me crashing. I can't sleep enough. The sun rises at 5:30 and there is no sleeping after that.

I never want to see another Walmart...ugh...I'm sure they know us by name and sight...

Gotta love costco, but even the costco food court is 30-60% higher. We spent $36 on dinner and the kids were still hungry.