Goodbyes and Panama!

Well just as quickly as the school year came, it also went. I can't believe that it all ended a month ago! I apologize to all my faithful fans; I know I have been absent so quite some time. In my defense, I've been a tad busy! Well, let me rack my brain and think back...

The end of the school year was mostly a happy one. The only sad part was saying goodbye to my Math Department CoChair. (There are only 2 math teachers at the middle school so her and I designated our own roles.) Stephanie is leaving me for a boy, typical! She only came on a one year contract and I shall miss her deeply...she was always down for a pedicure and made a great travel buddy to Nicaragua! I shall be taking her job next year and teaching the older of the middle schoolers...which mean more algebra (yay!) but also geometry (eek!) I decided to throw my kids for a loop and I dyed my hair back to red for the last day. I decided that, if she messed it up, I'd just get it fixed in the US! Now I know I can color it in CR and not turn out bright orange!

Molly and I decided to head to Panama City for 5 days before heading back to The States. What was supposed to be an hour flight, turned into 7+ hours in the airport waiting for our delayed plane. We bought Cosmo en Espanol to entertain ourselves. Then, when that got dull, we went into Duty Free and tried everything we could find that had samples! Upon arrival, we headed to our lovely hostel...a square room with a bed...very posh. We decided to upgrade for the following nights! After chilling in the city for a few days, we decided to go to San Blas, this island I had read about. So, at 4:00am, our driver arrives to take us there! At one point we were stopped so that the police could make sure we weren't being kidnapped. Well, lucky me was sitting closest to the cop so I was fortuante enough to be the one to talk to him. The peps in Panama talk much differently than my fellow Ticos and I was having a hell of a time understand the cute cop. I caught part of it and "inferred" the rest. After I answered him, his response was, "Wow, I thought you were foreigners." Yep, I told the man I was a Panamian!

Right after Panama, I was headed for the US! I arrived in Minneapolis for 2 whole days before embarking on a journey to Europe. More on that later!