How is it January already?!

So very first off, let me just get it out there and acknowledge it--I suck.  It is now halfway through January and my last blog was in October.  Oh and that was like the second post.  Yikes.  I'm horrible, I know.

Now, let's all move on along, shall we?!  I will be better in this new year!  I will, dang it.  My plan is to do a "first three month wrap-up" and then keep the blog current.  (novel idea, right?)

Our first three months in paradise were…well there's really not just one or two words to describe them.  So much has happened it's hard to believe we have already been here for three months.  Every day I think "OMG I have to remember this/write that down" etc. to share with everyone.  Like for example, it is ah-maze-ing just how much a black plastic bag floating on the canal behind your house really truly DOES look like a crocodile.  No, no takers?  Yeah, my hubby wasn't impressed either when he came running out of the shower for our very first croc sighting...only to be disappointed.

Rainy might be a good word.  Somehow mother nature did not get the memo that rainy season ends in October so we have had quite a bit of rain.  The silver lining here is coming up with a super fun way of getting the rain off the roof of the golf cart so your wife doesn't scream when she gets a second shower for the day.

Different is another good word.  We're definitely not in Kansas anymore, Toto!  It seems like everyday I look at Ev and say, "Did you just see that?" or my personal favorite "Where did you move us to dude?"  These questions usually happen after the following types of situations: passing a golf cart with no windshield, no roof and the body completely wrapped in layer after layer of saran wrap--you know, to hold it together so it can still be driven…on public streets; or seeing local Belizean entrepreneurs selling candy and other treats to school children…through the fence…that's there to keep them out; or watching in awe as a taxi passes a golf cart that is passing the tractor and trailer hauling beverages around town that is trying to creep past the dump truck that has three Belizeans on top to keep the trash from falling off, and don't forget the motorcycles flying by or the bicycles and pedestrians too.  It's all normal for down here people, trust me.

Hilarious is another word.  One of our favorite new Belize sayings is "Probly something happened!"  As in having the mechanic look at your Rhino because the wheel just fell off the axle and he calmly replies "Probly something happened."  Bill Engval would love to live here: "Here's your sign!".

Amazing would be another word.  It's still hard to believe we get to live here.  Sure there have been difficulties.  Having your golf cart break down in a torrential rain storm is never fun.  Being further away from our families is hard.  But we are getting a whole new taste of something that is pretty cool and unique.  We are fortunate.  We are lucky.  I need to do a better job of realizing that and savoring this time while we have it.  So that is part of my vow in addition to keeping the blog up to date.

We wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2014!
J&E