the wedding

date 04.10.03

after church rachel and her family and mimi left to prepare for the wedding. marcos, jose, danny, tony and i went to san jose. after lunch we went shopping at a 2nd hand store then to the mall to buy a tie for marcos for his wedding at 4:30. it's 4:15 and i'm saying we're going to be late and they all say no problem, it's costa rica, don't worry. then he still had to iron his clothes when we got home. again no problem.

last saturday i was at another wedding - today a costa rican wedding. SO-O very different. everyone would've been freaking out that the groom was late. no one worried about anything or time. in both cases everything was perfect but i wonder about the stress levels of everyone concernd at the 2 weddings. none in cr. i wonder how high for how many people for how long in canada. 2 totally different lifestyles.

after having a taste of one it's hard to go back to the other. such a simple laid back uncluttered life. yet home beckons as i think of a hot bath after freezing my buns off at the concert and i remember - no baths, no hot water and wonder how i will ever dry off being the 5th person using the same towel that's already soaking wet.

am i complaining? not a chance. merely pointing out simple things we take for granted.