The Countdown Begins in Ernest!

A lazy Sunday afternoon with six days to go...

I am living out of a backpack with most everything else is in storage. My son and daughter in law have taken my dining room table and chairs this morning and later in the week they will have my TV, Home Theater system and my lounge chair. The few remaining scraps of possessions I'll move to  storage by Friday.

I'm not actually stressed about it all, which is a tribute to the way I look at life these days, I just do what needs to be done today. Called my friends today in Belize to double check how and what I need to prepare for getting into the country through customs, as this is a really unfamiliar process for me. Gayle and Mike have several months experience in Belize now and help me tremendously to understand the "Belizean Way".

My son, Will, will take care of returning my Dish Network receiver, and receive all my meds mail order and ship them to me once every three months. So, just a few other minor loose ends which will work themselves out organically.

My two sons and my daughter in law treated me to one awesome dinner at Fleming's at Crabtree Valley Mall last night as a farewell send off. My youngest birthday will be April 17th, my other son and wife celebrate their third wedding anniversary on April 15th, so we just made it about celebrating our lives and the paths we each are on. The three of them were nicely dressed with Laura outdoing us guys of course (I only had blue jeans and a collared shirt and sweatshirt as everything else is in storage! Who really needs a nice suit in Belize anyway!) Fleming's is, well kind of expensive and most people dress really uptown. Instead of tearing into a $50+ steak, I chose a delicious lobster for half that. BTW, Placencia Village just finished their Lobsterfest. Darn. Well, there is next year's celebration to look forward to.

I will probably see most of you a year from now, but if you and/or a friend want to visit my area, I'll get to know the local tourist accommodations and eateries across from my canal and can advise you better as time goes on. So, just keep in touch! My place is going to be a little tight with one bedroom, but we can certainly have a cookout and sit a spell and talk, take in local snorkeling and charter a boat ride or two and see some amazing sites. I personally want to see The Great Blue Hole. For those more adventurous, there are a few small islands that lend themselves to backpackers, and a variety of Mayan Ruins to explore and diving with whale sharks.


P.S.  If any of my friends know of someone responsible to take over my spot in Clark's place just let him know. He decided to stay here and is looking for a new housemate.