Just a quick note to let you all know that I am off to Costa Rica today, I’ll be there until Sept. 26.
I’m pretty sure that I’ll be able to put a post or two up from there, after all, my buddy is on line too! Meanwhile, you all stay safe and take care of yourselves.
I just want to leave you with my heartfelt thanks for all the love and support that has come from you during the last few days. Of all the spots on the interwebs, this little community has some of the nicest people in it! I’m so glad I’ve had a chance to get to know y’all!
the havens 
wonderful that you can go… and very good of you to do it… know that it will be appreciated… will wave from my little corner of central america, and send hugs…
Travel safely!
I hope your presence provides solace to your friend. Hugs to both of you
Best wishes
This possibly may be one of the hardest things I have ever done. Today we folded his clothes and got them ready for charity. Yesterday was their 40th anniversary, and needless to say it was a very difficult day. We have to get everything wrapped up here because she is planning to travel back to the States to live with her daughter in St. Louis. We’ll be travelling together.
Tomorrow we pick up his ashes and get the paperwork needed at the American Embassy that you have to have to transport cremains. It will be another stressful day.
These folks are not very acquisitive, so we won’t have that much to do to get ready, and probably we will make a trip to the beach sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Still, it is a huge emotional rollercoaster we are on here. Yesterday we went over to some of her friend’s place and I proceeded to get the drunkest I have ever been in my life and when I woke up this morning there were some blank places in the latter part of the evening and I was still drunk. But I have fully recovered, lots of water with electrolyte, eating sensibly and NO BOOZE today!!!
What a good friend you are. How difficult a time. I wish you courage and peace.