The move . . . .

For those of you that haven't heard, Amy and I are moving in together. We decided to quite a while back and then went through this long process of looking for places, and talking to each other about them. It has by far been the most difficult time I've found looking for a place, but then again, I don't really care what kind of a dumpy neighborhood I live in. So, in contrast to all of the other places that I've lived, this one is looking really incredible. We got to go in this last week to take a look at it. It's on the second floor of a great apartment complex with a view out over the park and the mountains that surround Boise. We've suddenly got more space than we know what to do with! It has a wood burning fireplace, and a pretty nice kitchen and deck to boot! So with all of these great things with the place, I sometimes wonder what in the world happened with our planning because we're moving the day after we finish finals. We've both been going through hell in the last few weeks with trying to finish up projects to end the semester, tests, and work. We actually only have a quick 3 day weekend before we start a six week field school so this was really the only time that we had to do anything from now through July. So for those of you that I'd been talking about coming to see, I promise it's going to happen! We're just booked up right now 8 days of the week, and Drew and Keri, you two are on the top of my list! Well, I'm actually slacking on really writing my paper(s) right now so I should probably get back to that before I have to leave for work in just about an hour!

Costa Rica!!!

Ok, so Amy has been riding my ass, and you guys have been doing it as well so here it is, my blog about Costa Rica. . . . even though I should be doing homework and writing presentations, because that is the downside to sweet vacations . . . you miss out on all of the shit you should have been doing! Ok, so really, Costa Rica was incredible. My parents decided to take me for my (hopeful) graduation present. Molly, my parents, and I went down together and spent 10 days all over the country on the Pacific Side mostly. We flew into San Jose late on a Friday night and just went to our hotel. The next day . . . holy balls!! We woke up in a beautiful country with palm trees that had bananas, and coconuts (not on the same tree), and the most incredible flowers. It was incredible to go from Boise that was just coming out of winter with no buds or leaves on the trees to a lush country. After that we headed up to the Arenal Volcano which is still active and we were able to watch magma crash down the side of the mountain!! It was also full of wildlife that we were able to see as well! During all of this though, I threw out my back lifting up bags onto the counter at a hotel. So then I had to take it easy for a few days and even backed out on a few hikes. It was balls. Anyway, after a few days travelling through the countryside (hot springs, terrace farms, crazy landslides, beautiful rivers, beautiful everything!), we worked our way down to the coast which was full of more hikes and other adventures that included an ultralight flight (for Molly and I at separate times), zip-line tours, nature hikes, surf lessons, tons of food, and beer that was cheaper than water! Even Molly was able to legally partake of alcohol! We had a tour of the mangroves, and worked on our spanish for the entire trip. It was truly incredible, and great to be around the family for the entire time! Other than my back injury and some mild sicknesses we were fine through the whole time and able to really enjoy everything about the country. The people were absolutely amazing and caring through the entire trip, and the hardest thing was certainly getting back on the plane. We left Costa Rica that was at a constant 75-80 degrees to head back to Boise. I was wearing shorts when we got off the plane, and Boise was around 40 and it was freaking cold! There will soon be pictures to follow, but Amy claims the humidity broke her camera . . . . I might agree. I did take it on my surfing lesson . . . so if by humidity we mean ocean then, yes.