The morning of friday, November 27th I visited the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica in order to get a temporary passport. By friday night I was in Shelton, CT visiting my brother Tom, his wife Sue, my niece Ivy, and nephew Aidan. Saturday I picked out a new laptop and cellphone and by monday morning I was hard at work trying to get caught up on everything. An unexpected chance to visit with family despite the cold weather made the transition from life in a tropical jungle to late autumn on the east coast a little bit easier. We got lucky with a few warm days in the 50's so did some hiking and one scenic bike ride along the Housatonic River. There was lots of time for games, mad libs, reading books, picking out a tree at a Christmas tree farm, decorating the tree, enjoying a snow day, a holiday party with the Cubs Scouts, and a 6-hour boardgame marathon with a local boardgame meetup. I'll head back to California for Christmas and New Year's with an eye on traveling somewhere warm in early January.
This is Shelton, CT... not Costa Rica!
