Big changes on the homefront
Posted by jmoye on April 3, 2009
Around 9 or 10 months ago I invited my younger sister Catherine to come join me in Costa Rica to study Spanish. I thought, “Hey I’ve got an extra bedroom at my place and she is dying to leave Charleston…this will be great.” She was excited about it from the moment I invited her. Progress towards this time together pretty much halted at her excitement since she didn’t do anything to try and make it a reality. After a couple of months I pretty much figured it would never happen. She came to visit in November, just tospend a week in Costa Rica, and I realized that I had dodged a bullet. What was I thinking? I lived with Catherine for 18 years. She is not easy to deal with. One week together gave me a great glimpse at my childhood (not the fun happy parts though).
So I start to think that I’m in the clear until about 3 weeks ago. That is, until my dad emails me. The subject line says, “Catherine’s itinerary” and the only thing in the message are her flight times. I’m thinking, “Ok, so I guess she’s coming…thanks for the heads up.” She got here about 1.5 weeks ago and has already started classes. Even though I was somewhat reluctant, it has been great so far and I’m excited to spend this time with my sister. She is a sweet wonderful person and it’s pretty amazing to have an opportunity like this. We leave Sunday to go to Panama (I’m currently an illegal alien so I need to leave so that I can renew my 3 month tourist Visa)…I’ll try to post some pictures when we get back.
Catherine and me
