Costa Rica | Day 5 – Travel
Day 5 | Friday October 24, 2008
Im officially no longer a kid?! No more excuses for my irresponsibility and lack of tangible achievements!? Today is the day that I celebrate my birth into this world…. now some times I joke about having some crazy glamorized conception, where my mother and father were royalty or Korean aristocrats, torn apart by unfortunate circumstances, leaving my mom with no choice but to put me up for adoption, knowing that it would be the best thing for me. In the midst of separation arguments and depositing this cross eyed cocoon into an orphanage I wonder if my actual birthday ever got lost, along with my estranged identity that I long for today, did my birthday get lost as well?. … this is mostly a fantasy I keep to myself but sometimes I think how easy it would be to be handed a few answers. But nah, I guess ill take the long road.
Anyhow, I am in Costa Rica on my birthday, sharing it with a whole bunch of Ticos, American tourists and ex-patriots…aside from Andrew I’m sharing this supposed, super significant, special day with a whole bunch of strangers…and I couldn’t be more excited. This is day is mine and only mine. I could do nothing, absolutely nothing if I want to. No one gets to nag me to go grab drinks, shove cake down my throat or make me drive half way across the city to take my day away from me. Im not jaded or anything but I just think about maybe the last 10+ years of birthdays and seems like the pomp and circumstance is more for everyone else?! Anyhow I digress… I can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather be. I can’t think of anything that I want to do other than…”shock” and “awe”..nothing. It’s beautiful.
So Andrew was super hungover and slept till about noon. I jumped up around 7a and took a dip in the pool, read for a while, and took myself out to breakfast to Jaco Taco. I nerded out for a bit to check in on work (I know I know, bad) and sent my return flight info to my brother so he knew when and where to be if I so decided to return home.
After that there was more poolside lounging, reading, a little ciesta, and next thing ya know Hammer was alive…ready for some food. We dined at a Taco Bar and had some incredibly fresh Mahi and I treated myself to a birthday ice cream cone. Pretty simple eh? It was perfect.
